# What is the liver?

The the liver is called the liver. Gray's Anatomy (1918) describes it as the largest gland in the body.

## What it means

- The largest gland in the body.
- Divided into a large right and a smaller left lobe.
- Produces bile and carries out hundreds of metabolic functions.

## Action steps

1. Fills most of the upper right of the abdomen, under the diaphragm.
2. Extends across the midline into the upper left.
3. Protected by the lower ribs.

## Sources

- [Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (1918)](https://www.bartleby.com/107/)

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