What does the liver do? - Emma Bryce
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There’s a factory inside you that weighs about 1.4 kilograms and runs for 24 hours a day. It’s your liver: the heaviest organ in your body, which simultaneously acts as a storehouse, a manufacturing hub, and a processing plant. Emma Bryce gives a crash course on the liver and how it helps keep us alive.
Why do you think the liver has to work 24 hours a day? Why can't it just take a break?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Emma Bryce
- Director Andrew Zimbelman
- Producer Andrea Sertz Jew
- Sound Designer Dave Feddock
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Narrator Addison Anderson
