Dateline: 01/09/00
I'll give you another hint, it is dark brown and slippery, Figured it out? Well your
largest organ inside of you is actually your liver! In an adult the liver is the
size of a hot water bottle. It weighs more than three pounds! We don't hear about the liver as often as others but it is a
very busy organ. It is kind of like a food processing factory. It processes all of the
nutrients we need to grow healthy and strong. Blood comes to the liver straight from
the small intestines where it has
picked up sugar, minerals, vitamins and a bunch of other nutrients. Inside the liver all
of the nutrients are processed so that our body can use them. After this is finished the
blood picks up the processed nutrients and takes it to all of the parts of the body. The
liver also takes germs, poisons and old blood cells out of your blood and destroys them keeping your
blood healthy and clean. To top it off your liver also makes bile which squirts out into your
intestines and helps you eat fatty
foods.
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