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 Greek spelling 
There should be a spiritus asper over the eta in the greek word. Does anyone know how to fix this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.250.229.5   

Do you mean this:  (instead of this: ἡπαρ)? —   

 It should actually be a circumflex + rough breathing (spiritus asper) over the Eta (in the nominative singular). I have fixed this. I also added the root ἡπατ-, which should only have the rough breathing as accent is not indicated for roots.

 Missing Ketone production ) 

In the article about Ketogenesis, it states ""Ketone bodies are produced mainly in the mitochondria of liver cells"". This fact is missing from the functions of Liver.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.170.54.14   

 Liver regeneration and the Greeks 

On this page and the Prometheus page, someone has added a reference giving a bogus definition for the Greek word for liver, hêpar, claiming that it  derives from the verb hêpaomai, meaning to mend or repair. Thus hêpar is supposed to translate as, ""repairable."" This derivation is fanciful. I'm surprised it lasted as long on Wiki as it has since it wasn't even confirmed by the original source given! I've deleted this bogus definition. I doubt you need references for a deletion, but here are some anyway: J. Pokorny, Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (Bern and Munich: Francke, 1959), pp. 325, 504; P. Chantraine, Dictionnaire étymologique de la lange grecque (Paris: Klincksieck, 1990), p. 414; H. Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, Vol. I (Heidelberg: Carl Winter, 1973), pp. 638-9. These sources make it very doubtful that hêpar was related to hêpaomai.

I've also changed some text in the section on Liver Regeneration which asserted that the myth of Prometheus proves that the ancient Greeks must have known about the liver's remarkable capacity to repair itself. Actually this is a matter of some dispute. I've changed the text to reflect this controversy. I’ve looked at a great deal of literature on the subject and have found only one attempt to actually argue that the Greeks knew about liver regeneration: Chen T and Chen P (1994). ""The Myth of Prometheus and the Liver."" Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 87(12): 754-755. I've added a reference and link to this. I've also referenced and linked to a historically detailed critique of this position: Power C and Rasko J (2008). ""Whither Prometheus' Liver? Greek Myth and the Science of Regeneration."" Annals of Internal Medicine 149(6): 421-426. This is by far the most comprehensive treatment of this topic.

The addition of the above references made an existing reference redundant (ie Michalopoulos, George K., and DeFrances, Marie C., ""Liver regeneration”. Science, 4 April 1997: Vol. 276. no. 5309, pp. 60-66), so I removed it. Like a great many articles on regenerative medicine, the Michalopoulos article simply asserts that the Greeks must have known about liver regeneration, citing the the myth of Prometheus as its only evidence. Chen and Chen go much further than this. Likewise Power and Rasko.  

 Gray's image 

While accurate, the Gray's image is of terrible resolution and greatly inferior to other freely available images. While this 19th century image is of historical significance, I believe a modern, perhaps scalable, image would be more appropriate for an encyclopedic article.
  

Invitation to edit
It is proposed that Liver be part of the trial of a new template; see the green strip at the top of Pain where it has been in place for a couple of months. The purpose of this project is to encourage readers to edit, while equipping them with the basic tools. If you perceive a problem with this, or have any suggestions for improvement, please discuss at the project talk page   .

Excuse me, but I think you have got the wrong article; this is a scientific encyclopaedic page, not an art one. duh...

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