Assertion: liver | /r/CapableOf | play role
Facets:
value: in lipid metabolism
type: OTHER
value: in many different body processes
type: OTHER
value: in the digestive system
type: LOCATION
value: in the production of clotting factors
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The liver plays a role in the production of clotting factors, as well as red blood cell production.
text: The liver plays several roles in lipid metabolism: it performs cholesterol synthesis, lipogenesis, and the production of triglycerides, and a bulk of the body's lipoproteins are synthesized in the liver.
text: The liver performs several roles in carbohydrate metabolism: The liver synthesizes and stores around 100 g of glycogen via glycogenesis, the formation of glycogen from glucose.
text: In addition to being an accessory digestive organ, it plays a number of roles in metabolism and regulation.
text: The liver and pancreas also play a role in the digestive system because they produce digestive juices.
text: It plays multiple roles as an exocrine and endocrine gland, it can regenerate itself, and it plays roles in many different body processes.