Liver vs. Pancreas — What's the Difference?

The liver is an organ only found in vertebrates which detoxifies various metabolites, synthesizes proteins and produces biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth. In humans, it is located in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, below the diaphragm.

The pancreas is an organ of the digestive system and endocrine system of vertebrates. In humans, it is located in the abdomen behind the stomach and functions as a gland.

A large, reddish-brown, glandular organ in the abdominal cavity of vertebrates that secretes bile and is active in the formation of certain blood proteins and in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.

A long, irregularly shaped gland in vertebrates, lying behind the stomach, that secretes pancreatic juice into the duodenum and insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin into the bloodstream.

An organ in invertebrates that is similar to the vertebrate liver.

(anatomy) A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to help with food digestion. The fluid contains protease, carbohydrase and lipase, which breaks down larger molecules into smaller pieces. The pancreas also produces the hormones insulin and glucagon which regulate blood sugar. These hormones are released into the cardiovascular system.

The bile-secreting organ of certain animals, used as food.

The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.

A dark reddish brown.

A large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin

One who lives in a specified manner

Made of or flavored with liver:liver pâté.

Of a dark reddish brown.

(anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.

This organ, as taken from animals used as food.

A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.

Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color.

Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).

Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).

One who, or that which, lives.

A resident; a dweller; as, a liver in Brooklyn.

One whose course of life has some marked characteristic (expressed by an adjective); as, a free liver.

A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates.

The glossy ibis (Ibis falcinellus); - said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool.

Large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes

Liver of an animal used as meat

A person who has a special life style;

Someone who lives in a place;