Is the liver on the left or right?

In life, people will suffer from many types of liver diseases, such as the well-known hepatitis A and hepatitis B, as well as cirrhosis, fatty liver and alcoholic liver, etc. Once these liver diseases occur, the harm will be very serious, so everyone should do a good job of protecting the liver, such as not smoking and drinking frequently, learning to control body weight, etc. Many people don’t know whether the liver is on the left or right side of the body. Let’s learn about the physiological knowledge in this area.

Is the liver on the left or right?

As long as it is normal, the liver is located on the right side

The specific morphological location is described as being located in the upper right part of the abdominal cavity and occupying a portion of the upper abdomen, with a small portion located in the left upper abdomen. Wedge-shaped, with a rounded and blunt right end and a flat and thin left end, it can be divided into upper and lower surfaces, front and back edges, and left and right leaves.

Liver location

The liver is located on the right side of the upper abdominal cavity, occupying almost the entire right hypochondrium, most of the epigastric region, and a small part of the left hypochondrium. It is located behind the upper border of the liver at the level of the 8th thoracic vertebra, on the right mid-axillary line at the level of the 6th rib, at the junction of the right clavicle body and xiphoid process, and ends near the left mid-clavicular line at the 5th intercostal space on the left. The lower border of the liver is on the right side of the right midclavicular line, and the lower edge of the liver is roughly consistent with the right costal arch.

Therefore, during a physical examination, the liver should not be palpated under the costal arch.

After reading the above introduction to the actual location of the liver, I believe everyone should understand the specific location of the liver organ, but some netizens may still find it strange. The liver is on the right side, and liver qi is on the left side. So if a person feels liver pain, will it hurt on the left or right side? Next, I will continue to introduce the actual location of liver pain.

As can be seen from the text, the main location of the liver is in the right hypochondrium/epigastric area. Most of the liver is covered by the costal arches. Only in the epigastric area and between the right costal arches does it protrude a little and directly touch the anterior abdominal wall, while above the liver it is connected to the anterior abdominal wall.

Now that we know the location of the liver, we need to understand the symptoms of poor liver function. Speaking of poor liver function, this is a problem that troubles many hepatitis B patients. Hepatitis B patients with poor liver function need timely treatment. If the examination is not timely, the continuously damaged liver will cause cirrhosis or even liver cancer.

Therefore, it is recommended that people with poor liver function eat more liver-protecting foods, such as carrots.

People with poor liver function will have abnormal fat metabolism, resulting in a decrease in the total plasma fatty acid concentration and a deficiency of polyunsaturated fatty acids, an increase in plasma free fatty acids and triglycerides, and excess triglycerides are stored in the form of fat droplets. Therefore, people with poor liver function are prone to fatty liver.