.Where is the liver in the human body?

The liver is an important part of the human body. Many people do not know where their liver is located in the body, but it needs extra care in daily life. People who often have social events and drink alcohol often will cause great damage to the liver, especially drinking at night. If alcoholic liver disease and alcohol poisoning have occurred, everyone should pay attention to it and take care of our liver. The following editor will introduce to you where the liver is located in the human body. Let everyone know more about the common knowledge about the liver.

The position and morphological structure of the liver in the human body: The liver is mainly located in the right hypochondrium and epigastric region. Most of the liver is covered by the costal arches. It is only exposed between the epigastric region and the right costal arch and directly contacts the anterior abdominal wall. The upper side of the liver is connected to the diaphragm and the anterior abdominal wall. From the perspective of surface projection, the upper border of the liver is at the 5th rib on the right midclavicular line and at the 6th rib on the right midaxillary line; the lower border of the liver is consistent with the front edge of the liver, starting from the lowest point of the costal arch, along the upper left edge of the right costal arch, leaving the costal arch at the junction of the 8th and 9th costal cartilages, slanting to the upper left, to the anterior midline, and to the left side to the junction of the costal arch and the 7th and 8th cartilages.

It is generally believed that if the upper border of the adult liver is in a normal position and the liver is touched under the costal arch, it is mostly pathological hepatomegaly. It is normal for the lower edge of the liver in young children to be exposed under the right rib. The structure of the liver. The position of the liver often changes with breathing. Usually it can rise and fall by 2-3cm during calm breathing. It drops slightly when standing and inhaling, and rises slightly when lying on your back and inhaling. This is why doctors often ask patients to cooperate with their breathing when palpating their livers. Normal liver is reddish brown and soft in texture. The liver weight of an adult is equivalent to 2% of body weight. According to statistics, the weight of adult liver in my country is 1157-1447g for males and 1029-1379g for females, and the heaviest can reach about 2000g. The length, width and thickness of the liver are approximately 25.8cm, 15.2cm and 5.8cm respectively. The upper part of the right lobe of the liver is adjacent to the right pleura and the right lung base; the upper part of the left lobe of the liver is connected to the heart, and a small part is adjacent to the anterior abdominal wall; the anterior part of the right lobe of the liver is adjacent to the colon, and the posterior lobe is adjacent to the right adrenal gland and right kidney; the lower part of the left lobe of the liver is adjacent to the stomach. Liver detoxification and microcirculation

When the liver detoxifies, since the blood is flowing, it does not shut the door to do this work, but detoxifies while the blood is flowing. While detoxifying, other parts of the body will continue to produce metabolic products during normal operation. Therefore, there will always be some toxins in the blood, which can never be completely eliminated. We can only maintain the normal functioning of our body, but we cannot allow accidents or increase the burden of body purification, such as staying up late, alcoholism, taking medicine, infection, etc. Otherwise, not only will the liver's detoxification function be damaged, but other organ cells will also accelerate aging, greatly increasing the level of toxins in the blood. This large molecular toxic substance will make the blood viscous and the blood flow slow, and finally stagnate in the human body's capillaries and become "dead blood." You may not know how thin the capillaries are. If you look at them under a microscope, you can see a very small blood cell that can just barely pass through. If one road is blocked it doesn't matter, but if there are too many blockages, like a traffic jam, over time, the blockages will become more and more serious and affect each other, and traffic will be paralyzed.

When people get older, it is reflected in their appearance, and the organs of the body will also change. The liver is the most obvious one. We should eat more liver-nourishing foods, such as cabbage, cucumber, watermelon, strawberry, apple, wolfberry, etc. We should exercise every day to enhance the body's immunity. People who drink alcohol are advised to quit drinking. From now on, we should take care of our liver.