BY Team Aakash Byjus

Interesting Facts You Should Know About Liver

World Liver Day 2022

The significance of World Liver Day (celebrated on Apr 19, every year) is to initiate and raise awareness about liver health.

It also helps spread the word on liver illnesses, their causes, prevention and treatment.

Let's know some interesting facts about the liver on  World Liver Day 2022.

Liver is dual in nature - It acts both as a gland and an organ in humans.

An adult human liver is reddish-brown and weighs between 1.3 and 1.6 Kg.

Liver is the only organ that can regenerate completely but with 25% of the original tissue.

Important vitamins and nutrients like iron is stored in the liver, and they will be released whenever necessary for the body.

Liver is a detoxifier of the human body. It detoxifies harmful substances like drugs, alcohol, etc.

Liver generates blood that flows in the human body even before the human is born.