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The caudate lobe (posterior hepatic segment I, Spigelian lobe) is situated upon the posterior surface of the right lobe of the liver, opposite the tenth and eleventh thoracic vertebrae. The falciform ligament is a broad and thin antero-posterior peritoneal fold, falciform in shape, its base being directed downward and backward, its apex upward and backward. ...
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Bile, which is synthesized in the liver, is carried to the right and left hepatic ducts, which converge to form the common hepatic duct. ...
Hepatic artery is an artery that distributes blood to the liver, pancreas and gallbladder as well as to the stomach and duodenal portion of the small intestine. ...
The portal vein is a major vein in the human body draining blood from the digestive system and its associated glands. ...
The cystic duct is the short (usually around a centimetre or so) duct that joins the gall bladder to the common bile duct. ...
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Gall bladder Digestive system diagram showing the bile duct The gallbladder (or cholecyst sometimes gall bladder) is a pear-shaped organ that stores about 50 mL of bile (or gall) until the body needs it for digestion. ...
Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...
A typical thoracic vertebra The thoracic vertebrae (vertebrae thoracales) compose the middle segment of the vertebral column, between the cervical vertebrae and the lumbar vertebrae. ...
It is bounded, below, by the porta; on the right, by the fossa for the inferior vena cava; and, on the left, by the fossa for the ductus venosus. This article may be too technical for most readers to understand. ...
In the fetus, the ductus venosus connects the left umbilical vein with the upper inferior vena cava. ...
It looks backward, being nearly vertical in position; it is longer from above downward than from side to side, and is somewhat concave in the transverse direction.
The caudate process is a small elevation of the hepatic substance extending obliquely lateralward, from the lower extremity of the caudate lobe to the under surface of the right lobe.
It is situated behind the porta, and separates the fossa for the gall-bladder from the commencement of the fossa for the inferior vena cava. The porta or transverse fissure is a short but deep fissure, about 5 cm. ...
The gallbladder (or cholecyst) is a pear-shaped organ that stores bile (or gall) until the body needs it for digestion. ...
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The celiac artery and its branches; the liver has been raised, and the lesser omentum and anterior layer of the greater omentum removed. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (650x669, 124 KB) FIG. 532 – The celiac artery and its branches Gray, Henry. ...
| The superior surface of the liver. | Inferior surface of the liver. |
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