Why is it possible to perform a liver transplant using just a small part of a donor’s liver, but for other organs (kidney, heart, etc) the donor would have to donate the whole organ?
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Besides what people are saying about the regenerative nature and efficiency of the liver, the main reason the liver can be subdivided is that it recieves blood supply from two sources. A single lobe had enough available plumbing to tie into another system.
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