Does Liver regenerate?

BELG1UM · January 31, 2016, 08:05:37 AM

I haven't see my character or enemy get hurts on their liver. So I just asking somebody else have liver-damaged character.

Toggle · January 31, 2016, 03:51:35 PM

No. Nothing regenerates, if something is injured it can be patched up by a doctor, but it's like normal humans.

BlackSmokeDMax · January 31, 2016, 05:19:10 PM

Quote from: Z0MBIE2 on January 31, 2016, 03:51:35 PM
No. Nothing regenerates, if something is injured it can be patched up by a doctor, but it's like normal humans.

That may be the reason for the question. In normal humans, livers DO regenerate. At least to a degree.

Toggle · January 31, 2016, 07:07:13 PM

But if your entire liver gets shanked and removed, it wouldn't regenerate into a fine new liver.

jzero · January 31, 2016, 08:16:03 PM

Quote from: Z0MBIE2 on January 31, 2016, 07:07:13 PM
But if your entire liver gets shanked and removed, it wouldn't regenerate into a fine new liver.

or blown out by artillery, or ripped out by a rabid turtle, or shot with a charge rifle, or removed to have for din din with a fine biscotti and wine.

I had to expand upon your notion.

Toggle · January 31, 2016, 11:01:58 PM

Quote from: jzero on January 31, 2016, 08:16:03 PM
Quote from: Z0MBIE2 on January 31, 2016, 07:07:13 PM
But if your entire liver gets shanked and removed, it wouldn't regenerate into a fine new liver.

or blown out by artillery, or ripped out by a rabid turtle, or shot with a charge rifle, or removed to have for din din with a fine biscotti and wine.

I had to expand upon your notion.

I'll allow it.

jzero · February 01, 2016, 12:22:05 AM

Quote from: Z0MBIE2 on January 31, 2016, 11:01:58 PM
Quote from: jzero on January 31, 2016, 08:16:03 PM
Quote from: Z0MBIE2 on January 31, 2016, 07:07:13 PM
But if your entire liver gets shanked and removed, it wouldn't regenerate into a fine new liver.

or blown out by artillery, or ripped out by a rabid turtle, or shot with a charge rifle, or removed to have for din din with a fine biscotti and wine.

I had to expand upon your notion.

I'll allow it.

Thank you good sir

ZestyLemons · February 04, 2016, 04:24:07 AM

Quote from: BlackSmokeDMax on January 31, 2016, 05:19:10 PM
Quote from: Z0MBIE2 on January 31, 2016, 03:51:35 PM
No. Nothing regenerates, if something is injured it can be patched up by a doctor, but it's like normal humans.

That may be the reason for the question. In normal humans, livers DO regenerate. At least to a degree.

I'm not a medical expert, but I'm pretty sure they only swell to fill the cavity.

SpaceDrunk · February 10, 2016, 07:30:43 AM

In game terms, I actually wish getting the liver shot out wasn't an insta-death. You will die in a short period of time without a liver, but it wouldn't be instantaneous, so if you have spare livers on hand, you should have a (brief) opportunity to make a transplant. Same thing with someone losing both kidneys.

Loss of both lungs or heart should still be insta-death, though.

BlackSmokeDMax · February 10, 2016, 10:59:42 AM

Quote from: ZestyLemons on February 04, 2016, 04:24:07 AM
Quote from: BlackSmokeDMax on January 31, 2016, 05:19:10 PM
Quote from: Z0MBIE2 on January 31, 2016, 03:51:35 PM
No. Nothing regenerates, if something is injured it can be patched up by a doctor, but it's like normal humans.

That may be the reason for the question. In normal humans, livers DO regenerate. At least to a degree.

I'm not a medical expert, but I'm pretty sure they only swell to fill the cavity.

They don't just swell. They regenerate:

http://www.mayo.edu/research/centers-programs/center-regenerative-medicine/focus-areas/liver-regeneration

http://hsci.harvard.edu/news/new-model-liver-regeneration