An exocrine gland which 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, stores glycogen, and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes[GO]. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000759 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver ]
Term information
- MA:0000358
- EMAPA:16846
- XAO:0000133
- CALOHA:TS-0564
- TAO:0000123
- MIAA:0000097
- Wikipedia:Liver
- AAO:0010111
- EV:0100089
- EHDAA:2197
- EFO:0000887
- GAID:288
- EHDAA2:0000997
- BTO:0000759
- SCTID:181268008
- NCIT:C12392
- ZFA:0000123
- VHOG:0000257
- galen:Liver
- MAT:0000097
- FMA:7197
- MESH:D008099
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim, major_organ, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- digestive system gland
- abdomen element
- endoderm-derived structure
- exocrine gland
- part of some hepatobiliary system
- overlaps some immune system
- site_of some glycogen biosynthetic process
- site_of some glycogen catabolic process
- has part some liver lobule
- develops from some septum transversum
- site_of some hepatic immune response
- develops from some liver bud
- produces some bile
- contributes to morphology of some hepatobiliary system