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The liver resides between the digestive tract and the rest of the body. It has the critical job of maintaining metabolic homeostasis by processing nutrients, removing toxins, and producing proteins. The liver is divided into lobules oriented around terminal hepatic veins, with portal tracts at the periphery. Hepatocytes are arranged in plates between sinusoids lined with endothelial cells. Bile canaliculi between hepatocytes drain into bile ductules. The dominant liver diseases are viral hepatitis, alcoholi
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