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The liver is the largest exocrine gland of the human body; however, the secretion of bile is not the most important function of this organ, which also has a vital function in the metabolism on the refluent blood coming from the intestine through the portal vein.
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Olivetti, L., Volpi, D. (2015). Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreas. In: Olivetti, L. (eds) Atlas of Imaging Anatomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10750-9_9
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