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Liver Facts Quiz

Thank you to everyone who entered the ‘Liver Fact’s quiz featured in Family Life magazine.

Congratulations to Susan Martin from Walsall who won a Argos voucher after being picked at random from the correct entries.

The correct answers to the questions can be found below marked CA

Question 1
Approximately how big is the size of an adult human liver?
The size of a tennis ball
The size of a grapefruit
The size of a rugby ball - CA

Question 2
The liver is located:
Behind the lower ribs on the right hand side of the abdomen - CA
Behind the lower ribs on the left hand side of the abdomen
On the right hand side of the body, under the larger intestines

Question 3
What does a healthy liver look and feel like?
Bright pink and soft to the touch
Greyish colour with springy texture
Reddish brown and the consistency of foam rubber - CA

Question 4
True or false, apart from the brain, the liver is the most complicated organ of the body?
True - CA
False

Question 5
What functions does the liver carry out?
Processor – processing food for energy
Manufacturer – producing substances for growth
Storage depot – storing energy
Controller – balancing fluid levels
Filter – removing unwanted substances from the body
Defender  - defending against and fighting infection
All of the above - CA

Question 6
True or false, like kidney dialysis, there is a machine that can replicate all the functions of the liver
True 
False - CA

Question 7
True or false, if 90% of the liver is removed, and providing the remaining part is healthy, the liver will re-grow to the normal size within weeks?
True - CA
False

Question 8
Approximately how many children are diagnosed with a life threatening liver disease each year in the UK?
70
700 - CA
7000

Question 9
How many different liver diseases can affect children?
10
50
100 - CA

Question 10
Which of the following can be a sign and symptom of liver disease?
Jaundice
Nausea, vomiting
Yellow urine
 Pale stools
Vomiting of blood or blood in the stools
Tiredness
Abdominal pains and swelling
Itching
All of the above - CA

Question 11
True or false, childhood liver diseases are curable?
True
False - CA

Question 12
CLDF has funded research into paediatric liver disease to the value of ** since inception?
£1 million
£10 million - CA
£100 million

Question 13
Approximately how many liver transplants are carried out on children each year?
100 - CA
1000
10,000

Question 14
The youngest liver transplant recipient was?
5 days old - CA
5 weeks old
Five months old

Question 15
True or false, you are more likely to receive a donor organ that you are to be an organ donor?
True - CA
False