Describe what would happen in an individual who develops a malfunctioning liver.

Solution

The liver is the largest organ and center of metabolic activity in the body. Its failure to function properly it fails the following functions

• A person will have abnormal sugar levels due to failure of synthesis and breakdown of glycogen
• Regulation of lipids may fail leading to high concentration of lipids in blood causing heart diseases and gall stone
• Detoxification of poisonous substance may fail leading to death due to accumulation of poisons in the body
• Production of bile may fail leading impaired digestion of fats
• Synthesis of plasma proteins may fail leading to accumulation fluid in he tissue swelling of feet
• Storage of minerals such as iron may reduce causing deficiency diseases
• Synthesis of vitamin K may be impaired leading to inability of blood to clot
• Reduced storage of blood
• Reduced production of heat and hemostasis of body temperature
• Failure to remove old worn out red blood cells from the body.