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Anatomy MCQs: Liver

A remarkable metabolic organ that filters blood, processes nutrients, and produces bile.

5 questions

Liver

The essentials

Function
Metabolism, detoxification & bile
Location
Upper right abdomen

The questions

  1. What is the liver's remarkable regenerative property?

    1. It cannot regenerate
    2. It can regrow to full size from a fraction of itself
    3. It regenerates only in childhood
    4. It regenerates only after transplant
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    Answer: It can regrow to full size from a fraction of itself

    The liver is the only human organ that can regrow to full size from as little as a quarter of its tissue.

  2. What does the liver produce to help digest fat?

    1. Insulin
    2. Bile
    3. Pepsin
    4. Amylase
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    Answer: Bile

    Bile is made continuously and stored in the gallbladder until fat arrives in the gut.

  3. Which vessel carries nutrient-rich blood from the gut into the liver?

    1. Hepatic artery
    2. Portal vein
    3. Hepatic vein
    4. Splenic artery
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    Answer: Portal vein

    The portal vein routes everything absorbed by the intestines through the liver before the rest of the body sees it.

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