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however, only one of* its functions, and perhaps not the 

 most important. In fact, the liver has many and complicated 

 tasks to perform, some of which are not fully understood. 



CYSTIC PORTAL HEPATIC ROUND 



ARTERY VEIN DUCT LIGAMENT 



HEPATIC 

 ARTERY 



FIG. 58. Showing the Relations of the Duodenum and Other 



Intestinal Organs. 

 (A portion of the stomach has been cut away and the liver drawn up.) 



The bile is not wholly a digestive fluid, but it contains 

 also materials which are separated from the blood to be 

 cast out of the body before they work mischief. Thus 

 the liver ranks above all others as an organ of excretion ; that 



