Liver vs. Pancreas

Livernoun

(anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.

Livernoun

This organ, as taken from animals used as food.

Livernoun

A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.

Livernoun

Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).

Liveradjective

Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).

Livernoun

One who, or that which, lives.

Livernoun

A resident; a dweller; as, a liver in Brooklyn.

Livernoun

One whose course of life has some marked characteristic (expressed by an adjective); as, a free liver.

Livernoun

A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates.

Livernoun

The glossy ibis (Ibis falcinellus); - said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool.

Livernoun

large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; 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 and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes

Livernoun

liver of an animal used as meat

Livernoun

a person who has a special life style;

Livernoun

someone who lives in a place;

Liver

The liver is an organ only found in vertebrates which detoxifies various metabolites, synthesizes proteins and produces biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth. In humans, it is located in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, below the diaphragm.

Pancreasnoun

(anatomy) A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to help with food digestion. The fluid contains protease, carbohydrase and lipase, which breaks down larger molecules into smaller pieces. The pancreas also produces the hormones insulin and glucagon which regulate blood sugar. These hormones are released into the cardiovascular system.

Pancreasnoun

The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.

Pancreasnoun

a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin

Pancreas

The pancreas is an organ of the digestive system and endocrine system of vertebrates. In humans, it is located in the abdomen behind the stomach and functions as a gland.