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Let’s dive into the world of the liver, an incredible organ that might not get talked about much, but it does some super important jobs that keep us alive and healthy!
The liver is a reddish-brown organ located under your ribcage on the right side of your body. It’s the second largest organ in your body, and in adults, it can be as big as a football!
The liver has three main jobs: cleaning blood, storing energy, and making bile. Let’s explore each of these tasks.
One of the liver’s important jobs is to clean your blood. When you eat, your body breaks down food, and some parts of this process create toxins. These toxins, along with nutrients, enter your blood. As the blood flows through the liver, it removes the toxins, making sure only the good stuff, like nutrients, gets sent to the rest of your body. The liver then sends the toxins to your intestines, where they leave your body as waste.
The liver is also like a battery for your body. It stores energy from the food you eat. When you eat carbohydrates, they turn into glucose, a type of sugar. Your liver takes extra glucose and turns it into glycogen, which it stores. When you need energy, like when you’re running or playing, the liver changes glycogen back into glucose and releases it into your blood, giving you the energy boost you need!
The liver makes a special juice called bile. Bile helps your body digest fats. It’s stored in a small organ called the gallbladder until your body needs it to break down fats in the food you eat.
The liver has an amazing ability to heal itself. Even if only 25% of the liver is healthy, it can grow back to its full size. This makes the liver a truly remarkable organ!
Now you know why the liver is such an important part of our bodies. It keeps us healthy by cleaning our blood, storing energy, and helping us digest food. Isn’t the human body amazing?
Observe and Draw: Take a moment to feel where your liver is located by gently pressing on the right side of your ribcage. Now, grab a piece of paper and some crayons or colored pencils. Draw a picture of where the liver is in your body. Try to include other organs nearby, like the stomach and intestines. This will help you understand how the liver fits into your body’s system.
Energy Experiment: Let’s see how the liver stores and releases energy! Ask an adult to help you with this activity. First, eat a small piece of fruit or a cracker. Then, run in place or do jumping jacks for one minute. Notice how your body feels before and after eating. Discuss with your adult helper how your liver helps by storing energy from the food and releasing it when you need it.
Question Time: Think about the liver’s job of cleaning blood. Why do you think it’s important for the liver to remove toxins from your blood? Discuss with a friend or family member how your body might feel if the liver didn’t do this job well. Can you think of other things in your life that help clean or filter, like a water filter or a vacuum cleaner?
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Let us learn about the liver. The liver may be the least talked about organ, but it has many important tasks to perform, without which one cannot survive.
What is the liver? The liver is a reddish-brown colored organ located under the ribcage towards the right upper corner of the stomach. It is the second largest organ in our body, reaching the size of a football in a fully grown human.
The liver performs three major functions: it cleans blood, stores energy, and produces bile.
Let us see how the liver cleans blood. The liver removes toxins from our blood, which are produced during the breakdown of food during digestion. Nutrients and toxins are absorbed into the blood before being supplied to various parts of the body. As blood passes through the liver, it removes the toxins, and the nutrient-rich blood is then distributed to the body. The liver sends the separated toxins back into the intestine, where they are eliminated as waste.
The liver also stores energy. Carbohydrates are the most abundant nutrients in our food. During digestion, carbohydrates are broken down into glucose, the simplest form of sugar. A large amount of glucose is produced and absorbed into the blood. When the blood enters the liver, excess glucose is converted into glycogen and stored. During exercise or physical activity, when glucose levels drop, the liver converts the stored glycogen back into glucose and releases it into the blood, acting as a storehouse of energy.
Additionally, the liver produces bile, a digestive juice that helps in the absorption of fats into the blood. Bile is produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder until needed by the intestine for fat digestion.
The liver is remarkable; it can regenerate. If only 25% of the liver remains healthy, it can regrow into a full-sized liver.
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