The human body is incredible. You have a stomach that digests the food for you. You have a heart that pumps blood throughout your body. You have a kidney that filters the blood for you. And then comes the liver, this giant extremely vital organ.
The liver is shaped like a cone. It is dark reddish-brown. It weighs about 3 pounds.
It is located in the upper right portion of the abdomen just below that diaphragm.
This huge organ has a very important role in the human body. It regulates most of the chemical processes in the body and excretes a compound called “bile”.
The liver’s main job is to filter the blood coming from the digestive tract before passing it to the rest of the body. It absorbs nutrients and drugs from the digestive tract and converts them into ready-to-use compounds.