What is the heaviest internal human organ?
Liver liver dialysis techniques can be used in the short term. Artificial livers are yet to be developed to promote long-term replacement in the absence of the liver. , liver transplantation is the only option for complete liver failure. The liver is a reddish-brown, wedge-shaped organ with four lobes of unequal size and shape. A human liver normally weighs approximately , and has a width of about . It is both the heaviest internal organ and the largest gland in the human body. Located in the right upper quadrant of the abdominal cavity, it rests just below the diaphragm, to the
Organ (anatomy) in all organisms. In single-celled organisms such as bacteria, the functional analogue of an organ is known as an organelle. In plants there are three main organs. A hollow organ is an internal organ that forms a hollow tube, or pouch such as the stomach, intestine, or bladder. In the study of anatomy, the term "viscus" is used to refer to an internal organ, and "viscera" is the plural form. 79 organs have been identified in the human body. In biology, tissue is a cellular organizational level between cells and complete organs. A tissue is an ensemble of similar cells