06/07/2026
📘 Chapter 8: Liver and Biliary Physiology
The liver is the body’s central metabolic organ, performing more than 500 essential functions. It regulates carbohydrate, protein, and lipid metabolism, synthesizes plasma proteins and clotting factors, detoxifies endogenous and exogenous substances, stores vitamins and minerals, and produces bile for digestion and absorption of dietary fats.
Understanding liver and biliary physiology is fundamental for interpreting diseases such as jaundice, hepatitis, cirrhosis, cholestasis, gallstones, and liver failure.
“Strong clinical practice begins with a solid foundation in physiology.”
