What are the functions of liver ?

Explanation

Functions of the liver:
Liver performs a variety of functions such as synthesis, storage. and secretion of various substances: There are as follows:
1) Liver secretes bile juice. It does not contain enzymes, but it contains bile salts such-as glycocholates and taurocholates of sodium and potassium and .bilę pigments. the bilirubin and biliverdin. 2) Liver plays the .key role in carbohydrate metabolism (glycogenesis, glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis and lipogenesis). 3) Liver also plays a role in lipid metabolism (synthesis of cholesterol and production of triglycerides). 4) Deamination of proteins (removal of `NH_2` group from the amino acids) and conversion of ammonia into to urea - via the ornithine cycle). 5) The lactic acid formed during anaerobic muscle contraction is converted into glycogen (gluconeogenesis) in the liver by Cori cycle. 6) Liver is the chief organ of detoxification of toxic substances that enter the gut along with food. ". 7) Liver acts as thermoregulatory organ (like skeletal muscle, liver too takes part in thermogenesis as it has high glucose at its. disposal). 8) Liver acts as a haemopoietic organ in the foetus and erythroclastic organ in the adult. 9) The. liver synthesizes the plasma proteins such as albumins, globulins, blood clotting factors such as fibrinogen, prothrombin, etc., and the anticoagulant, called heparin. 10) Kupffer.s cells/ Kupffer cells are the large phagocytic cells which remove unwanted substances and microbes that attack the liver by phagocytosis. They are present in the sinusoids that lie in between hepatic cords and they are also called hepatic macrophages.