Liver, Kidneys, Gallbladder, and small and large intestine

• Liver is the largest internal organ located in the upper abdomen.
• • The liver cleanses the blood and aids in digestion by secreting bile.
• • Bile is a fluid that is made and released by the liver and stored in the gallbladder
• Bile helps with digestion. It breaks down fats into fatty acids, which can be taken into the body by the digestive tract. also help destroy bacteria and fight infection
• Functions of the liver are:

  Production of Cholesterol

  Storage of Micronutrients

  Blood Sugar Balance

  Protein Synthesis

  Immune System

  Metabolism

  Detoxification
• Production of cholesterol


  Precursor to sex hormones, Vitamins D. or good cholesterol
• Storage of micronutrients


  this stores Minerals, Vitamin: like A, D, E, etc. in the liver
• Blood sugar balance


  stores glycogen
• protein synthesis


  responsible for blood clotting, cholesterol transport, immune function, etc.
• immune system


  contains pathogens
• metabolism


  conversion of t4 to t3, and detoxification of fat
• Detoxification


  toxins, fats into fatty acids, steroids hormones.
• Gallbladder is a small green pouch under the liver
• Kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, about the size of a fist. It is located on either side of the spine at the lowest level of the rib cage.
• Each kidney contains up to a millions functioning units called nephrons
• • A nephron consists of a filtering unit of tiny blood vessels called a glomerulus attached to a tubule.
• functions of kidneys are:

  Filter blood

  Produce urine

  Detect water level
• Your kidney's, secretes hormones and activates vitamin D, e.g.,

  renin, a hormone which keeps blood pressure normal
• Intestines are group of tubes that  digest food, filter out the body’s waste, and absorb water.
• Small intestines is where most digestion and absorption of nutrients take place
• Parts of small intestine:

  duodenum

  jejunum

  ileum
• Large intestines  the last structure to process food, taking the undigestible matter from the small intestine, absorbing water from it and leaving the waste product called feces. Feces are expelled from the body through the rectum and the anus.