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The lung containes airpassages, bronchiols, and bloodvessels that absorb oxygen into the blood and release carbon dioxide into our breath.
The gall bladder is directly behind the liver (if you have one - it is not necessary for life and lots of people end up having theirs removed).
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Is the pancreas located behind the liver?
No, the pancreas is not located behind the liver. It is more accurately located behind the stomach in the upper left quadrant of the body.
What half of your body is the liver on?
The liver is behind your right front ribs
Is liver under rib cage?
The liver is behind the lungs and the stomach.
What is behind lower right ribcage?
Your liver, and ascending colon
Is the heart anterior to the liver?
Yes, the liver is in front of the stomach and the kidneys are behind.
What organ is behind the lower right rib cage?
The liver is the organ located behind the lower right rib cage. It is the body's largest internal organ and plays vital roles in digestion, metabolism, and detoxification.
What small lobe of the liver is located next to the gallbladder?
That small lobe is called as quadrate lobe. Behind that you have the caudate lobe.
What organs are behind your backbone?
Lungs, heart, liver, pancreas, gall bladder...
Does the liver store insulin?
As noted in the expert answer - the pancreas, not the liver, manufactures insulin. The pancreas sits in a space in the abdominal cavity near the liver. It is behind the stomach and a bit below the liver. The pancreatic duct from the pancreas joins up with the bile duct from the liver and gall bladder where the two ducts enter the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine that connects to the stomach) through the major duodenal papilla.
Is the bladder in the middle line area of the body?
The liver is situated in the right higher abdominal area, directly below and behind the lowest ribs.
Is your spleen near your hip?
Well, no, not really. It's up kinda behind and between your liver and stomach. It's hidden in there, pretty hard to get at in surgery.
What causes liver spots?
There are a number of reasons for spots on the liver. Some causes of liver legions could be from Hemangioma (a benign tumor composed of abnormal blood vessels that form during development in the womb), Liver Adenoma (another benign tumor from from the abnormal growth of liver cells), Granuloma (inflammatory tissue possibly caused from an infection) or other non-life threatening causes. The most dangerous cause could be liver cancer or metastatic liver.
