Term: liver: large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes
Broader: organ: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function | Unrelated: squall: sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation
Broader: organ: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function | Unrelated: harvest: the gathering of a ripened crop
Broader: organ: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function | Unrelated: inguinal hernia: hernia in which a loop of intestine enters the inguinal canal; the most common type of hernia in males
Broader: organ: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function | Unrelated: lox: brine-cured salmon that is lightly smoked
Broader: organ: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function | Unrelated: palpation: a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional)
Broader: organ: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function | Unrelated: nuclear medicine: the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells
Broader: organ: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function | Unrelated: thorax: the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
Broader: organ: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function | Unrelated: stanleya: prince's plume
Broader: organ: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function | Unrelated: tailspin: rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
Broader: organ: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function | Unrelated: circumflex humeral artery: an artery that supplies the shoulder joint and shoulder muscles