Damage to this organ may be categorized via the Ishak staging system. The ductus venosus allows this organ (10[1]-5[1])to be bypassed in fetal circulation. (10[1]-5[2])The (-5[1])AST/ALT (10[3]-5[2])ratio (10[6]-5[2])may (10[2]-5[1])be (10[2])used (10[3])in (-5[1])the (10[1])diagnosis (10[2]-5[2])of diseases (10[2])of this (10[2])organ. (10[2]-5[1])Three quarters of this (10[1])organ’s blood supply comes from the vessel that is formed (-5[1])from the union of the splenic (-5[1])(“SPLEN-ick”) and superior (10[1])mesenteric veins; that vessel (10[2])is the portal (10[1])vein. (10[9]-5[1])This (10[1])organ’s (10[2]-5[1])caudate (10[3])(“CAW-date”) lobe (10[1])is named (-5[1])for its resemblance (10[1])to (10[1])a tail. (10[2])Damage to this (10[1])organ (10[1])can prevent (10[1])the conjugation of bilirubin, (10[3])resulting in (10[2])jaundice. (10[8]-5[1])For 10 (10[2])points, (10[4])name this organ (10[1])that can suffer (10[1])cirrhosis (10[1])from alcohol (10[3])consumption. (10[2])■END■ (10[10])