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肝的功能（Hepatic function） The bodys liver is generally around 1250 grams, is an important organ, people can not leave the liver and survive. Some people call the liver the processing factory, which is not only excessive, but also expresses only part of the function of the liver. The functions of the liver and liver include: First, detoxification function. Toxic substances (including drugs) are mostly treated in the liver and become non-toxic or low toxic. In severe liver disease, the detoxification function decreases, and the toxic substances accumulate in the body, which not only damages other organs, but also aggravates the liver damage. Second, metabolic function. These include anabolism, catabolism, and energy metabolism. Daily intake of food containing protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals and other nutrients, these substances in the stomach in the preliminary digestion and absorption after being sent to the liver, are broken down in the liver, from large to small, variable (decomposition) for protein, amino acids, fat into fatty acids, starch the decomposition of glucose, etc., after the decomposition of the small matter will need to according to the body in the liver is synthesis of protein, fat and carbohydrate or some special energy substances, this is a change from small to big. After this process, the intake of nutrients becomes a part of the human body. Third, secrete bile. Hepatocytes produce bile, excreted by the liver and extrahepatic bile ducts and stored in the gall bladder. When eating, the gall bladder contracts automatically and passes bile through the cystic duct and the bile duct into the small intestine to aid digestion and absorption of food. Fourth, hematopoiesis, storing blood and regulating circulation blood volume function. The liver of a newborn has hematopoiesis and is no longer hematopoietic when it grows up. Thus, the liver is like a warehouse that can supply a part of the blood when needed and used by other organs, Fifth, i