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๐Ÿซ€ My body and food ๐Ÿซ€ Body organs

The liver

The liver has two main parts, the right lobe and the left lobe, and two small lobes behind the right lobe. Each lobe is made of six-sided units called lobules. The close-up view below shows an enlarged section of a lobule.
The liver has two main parts, the right lobe and the left lobe, and two small lobes behind the right lobe. Each lobe is made of six-sided units called lobules. The close-up view below shows an enlarged section of a lobule.

๐Ÿ“– In short

The liver is the biggest organ inside your body. It's reddish-brown and sits on the right side of your belly under your ribs. It works like a chemical factory and a big storehouse at the same time, doing hundreds of important jobs every day!

๐Ÿคฉ Did you know?

  • The liver weighs about one and a half kilograms.
  • The liver has two main lobes: the big right lobe and the left lobe.
  • The liver does more than 500 different jobs.
  • The gallbladder stores the bile the liver makes.

๐Ÿ”Ž Find out more

๐ŸŒŸ The body's factory

The liver makes bile, which helps digest fats, and important blood proteins, some of which help stop bleeding.

๐Ÿ” Energy store

The liver stores sugar in a special form and gives it to the body when it needs energy between meals. It also stores some vitamins and iron.

๐Ÿ’ก The cleaner

The liver cleans harmful substances and poisons out of the blood, turns them into harmless ones, and then the body gets rid of them.

๐ŸŽฏ It rebuilds itself

The liver has an amazing power: if part of it is damaged or removed, it can grow back to almost its full size.

๐Ÿงฉ Test yourself

1 What is the biggest organ inside the body?

2 What can the liver do if part of it is damaged?

3 The liver does more than ?? different jobs.

4 Which picture shows โ€œThe liverโ€?

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