fegato

Also known as hepar

ghiandola extramurale anficrina

OverviewAI-generated

The liver is an organ located in the abdominal cavity and serves as a component of the human digestive system. It follows the foregut in anatomical sequence. The organ receives arterial supply from the hepatic artery proper and is drained by the hepatic vein. Innervation is provided by the vagus nerve and celiac ganglia, which the liver also innervates.

The liver is studied by the fields of anatomy and hepatology. It is partially coincident with the concept of liver as food. The subject is described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. It appears in the Commons category "Livers" and has a corresponding gallery. The topic is listed on Wikipedia’s vital articles level 4 list.

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Key facts

Anatomy.Name: Liver
Anatomy.Latin: jecur, iecur
Anatomy.Greek: hepar (ἧπαρ)root hepat- (ἡπατ-)
Anatomy.Image: Anatomy Abdomen Tiesworks.jpg
Anatomy.Caption: The human liver is located in the upper right abdomen
Anatomy.Width: 240
Anatomy.Image2: Liver 01 animation1.gif
Anatomy.Caption2: Location of human liver (in red) shown on a male body
Anatomy.Precursor: Foregut
Anatomy.System: Digestive system
Anatomy.Artery: Hepatic artery
Anatomy.Vein: Hepatic vein and hepatic portal vein
Anatomy.Nerve: Celiac ganglia and vagus nerve

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Research

1,455,980 papers

Immune Responses in the Liver.ReviewAnnual review of immunology · 2018Kubes P, Jenne CDOI: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-051116-052415
Liver, ageing and disease.ReviewNature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025Le Couteur DG, Ngu MC, Hunt NJ et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41575-025-01099-z
The immune niche of the liver.ReviewClinical science (London, England : 1979) · 2021Cheng ML, Nakib D, Perciani CT et al.DOI: 10.1042/CS20190654
Intestinal flora plays a role in the progression of hepatitis-cirrhosis-liver cancer.ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Liu S, Yang XDOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1140126
Role and Mechanisms of Mitophagy in Liver Diseases.ReviewCells · 2020Ma X, McKeen T, Zhang J et al.DOI: 10.3390/cells9040837
Liver aging: underlying mechanisms and therapeutic strategies.ReviewMolecular aspects of medicine · 2025Zhong L, Wang L, Syed JN et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2025.101397
Priming and Maintenance of Adaptive Immunity in the Liver.ReviewAnnual review of immunology · 2024Kawashima K, Andreata F, Beccaria CG et al.DOI: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-090122-041354
Fetal liver development and implications for liver disease pathogenesis.ReviewNature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2023Lotto J, Stephan TL, Hoodless PADOI: 10.1038/s41575-023-00775-2

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Wikidata facts

Part of: human digestive system
Follows: foregut
Image: Leber Schaf.jpg

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Commons category: Livers
topic's main category: Category:Liver
arterial supply: hepatic artery proper
venous drainage: hepatic vein
Commons gallery: Liver
anatomical location: abdominal cavity
innervated by: celiac ganglia
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
partially coincident with: liver as food
studied by: hepatology
ground level 360 degree view URL: www.openanatomy.org/atlases/nac/liver-2014-02-20/viewer/#!/state/984f950d-b35a-4952-afd9-ceafec728f8c
innervates: vagus nerve
NCI Thesaurus ID: C12392

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Article · Italiano

Il fegato (dal latino ficātum, termine originariamente culinario) è una ghiandola extramurale anficrina (a secrezione endocrina ed esocrina) della cavità addominale, posizionata al di sotto del diaframma e localizzata nell'ipocondrio destro e, in parte, nell'epigastrio, tra il colon trasverso e lo stomaco. È la ghiandola più grande del corpo umano e gioca un ruolo fondamentale nel metabolismo e svolge una serie di processi tra cui l'immagazzinamento del glicogeno, la sintesi delle proteine del plasma (albumina), la rimozione di sostanze tossiche dal sangue. Produce la bile, importante nei processi della digestione ed è fino al 6º mese di vita intrauterina il più importante organo emopoietico. In caso di splenectomia, il fegato può riassumere la funzione di emocateresi sopperendo alla mancanza della milza.

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