| Name: | liver |
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| Definition: | Solid compound organ with three lobes that has many functions including bile production, blood detoxification, the production of critical plasma proteins and clotting factors, complement proteins and the storage of many substances, such as lipids, amino acids, iron, and glycogen. Female fish produce vitellogenins in the liver. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000123] |
| Name: | bile acid biosynthetic process |
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| Synonyms: | bile acid anabolism, bile acid biosynthesis, bile acid formation, bile acid synthesis |
| Definition: | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of bile acids, any of a group of steroid carboxylic acids occurring in bile. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0006699] QuickGO AmiGO |