List the accessory organs, and give one function of each.

What will be an ideal response?


1. liver: maintain glucose levels, filter out and destroy old blood cells, produce bile, act as a storehouse of vitamins, produce prothrombin, filter out harmful toxins.

2. gallbladder: store bile produced by the liver

3. pancreas: produce pancreatic juice for digestion, control blood sugar levels

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