This structure's bare area is the only part of it not covered by visceral peritoneum.
This structure's bare area is the only part of it not covered by visceral peritoneum. This organ's tissue contains lots of catalase due to the abundance of peroxisomes, and the ligamentum venosum separates its left and caudate lobes. Part of the Cori cycle occurs here when it takes in lactate for gluconeogenesis. Its Kupffer cells act on blood received through the portal vein. It produces albumin, stores glycogen, detoxifies blood, and connects, via the bile duct, to the gallbladder. For 10 points, name this large internal organ which can suffer hepatitis or fail to regenerate when it develops cirrhosis in alcoholics.
This structure's bare area is the only part of it not covered by visceral peritoneum.
liver