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    The liver is an organ that performs many essential functions like producing proteins, metabolizing drugs and toxins, and aiding in digestion. Common liver diseases include jaundice, cholestasis, cirrhosis, fatty liver, and cancer. Major causes of liver disease are alcohol consumption, obesity, exposure to chemicals, drug use, unprotected sex, and diabetes. The liver is made up of hepatocytes that synthesize proteins and aid circulation.

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    The liver is an organ that performs many essential functions like producing proteins, metabolizing drugs and toxins, and aiding in digestion. Common liver diseases include jaundice, cholestasis, cirrhosis, fatty liver, and cancer. Major causes of liver disease are alcohol consumption, obesity, exposure to chemicals, drug use, unprotected sex, and diabetes. The liver is made up of hepatocytes that synthesize proteins and aid circulation.

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    The liver is an organ that performs many essential functions like producing proteins, metabolizing drugs and toxins, and aiding in digestion. Common liver diseases include jaundice, cholestasis, cirrhosis, fatty liver, and cancer. Major causes of liver disease are alcohol consumption, obesity, exposure to chemicals, drug use, unprotected sex, and diabetes. The liver is made up of hepatocytes that synthesize proteins and aid circulation.

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    liver

    Group 8 :
    1. Vandareza Yusita Oktaviani
    2. Pamela Agesti
    3. Alwi Rismona
    Definition

    Causes of
    Liver Structure
    Diseases

    types of
    liver Function
    disease
    DEFINITION OF LIVER

    What is the liver? Is it a


    gland or an organ?
    Structure of Liver
    Function of Liver
    What Is the Function of the
    Liver?

    Hepatocytes (hepar=liver + cyte=cell) are


    responsible for making many of the proteins (protein
    synthesis) in the body that are required for many
    functions, including blood clotting factors, and
    albumin, required to maintain fluid within the
    circulation system.
    Type of Liver Disease

    d. Fatty
    a. Jaundice b. c. e. Heart
    liver or
    Cholestasis Cirrhosis cancer
    fatty liver
    Causes of Liver Disease
    1. Alcohol consumption
    2. Obesity
    3. Exposure to certain chemical substances
    4. Drug use can be a cause of liver disease
    5. Have free sex
    6. Diabetes

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