liver
An exocrine gland which secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat, synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood, synthesizes vitamin A, detoxifies poisonous substances, stores glycogen, and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes[GO]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the liver is
An exocrine gland which secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat, synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood, synthesizes vitamin A, detoxifies poisonous substances, stores glycogen, and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes[GO]. The atlas records it as a gland at the organ scale in the human body.
Where the liver is
It sits in the abdomen and trunk, within the digestive and endocrine systems. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What the liver connects to
The atlas records 49 typed relationships for it, across 14 kinds of connection. part of abdomen, abdominal segment of trunk and digestive system, and 2 more.
Supply and innervation
Arterial supply: hepatic artery and hepatic portal vein. Venous drainage: hepatic vein.
Also called
Also recorded as iecur and jecur. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002107, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- Part of: abdomen, abdominal segment of trunk, digestive system, endocrine system and exocrine system.
- A kind of: anatomical structure, digestive system gland, exocrine gland, organ system subdivision and trunk region element.
- Attaches to: falciform ligament.
- contains: liver lobule, biliary ductule, capillary network of liver, capsule of liver, central vein of liver and cystic artery, and 16 more.
- contributes to morphology of: hepatic cord, intrahepatic bile duct and liver parenchyma.
- connects: hepatic duct, hepatoduodenal ligament and hepatogastric ligament.
- overlaps: immune system and hepatic portal vein.
- Supplied by: hepatic artery and hepatic portal vein.
Questions
Where is the liver?
It sits in the abdomen and trunk, within the digestive and endocrine systems. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What does the liver connect to?
Part of: abdomen, abdominal segment of trunk, digestive system, endocrine system and exocrine system.
Is the liver the same in other species?
Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.