| The Healthy Liver
Did you know that…
* the liver is the largest and heaviest organ in the body?
* the liver is the only organ that can grow back after part of it
is removed?
* the liver has over 500 jobs?
An Introduction to the Liver
 This
precious organ we call the liver is in the upper right side of the
abdomen. This three-pound organ is covered by the rib cage, and
if a person breathes in, the edge of the liver can be felt just
below the right edge of the rib cage.
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