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ANATOMY OF THE RABBIT 



Each of these is made up of innumerable cords of epithelial liver 

 cells arranged in a radial manner around a central vein, which is 

 a tributary of the hepatic veins draining the organ. Between the 

 lobules, where several come together, there occurs a branch of each 

 of the portal vein, the hepatic artery, and the bile duct, lymphatics, 

 and nerves with a little connective tissue. These branch over the 

 surface of each lobule, the branches of the vein and the artery both 

 emptying into numerous sinusoids which pass radially through 



Fig 49. Corrosion preparation of the right and left lobes of the liver of 

 a rabbit, posleroventnil view. The bile duct and the hepatic duct have been 

 filled with a dark mass and the portal vein and its larger branches with a 

 pale mass, following which the tissues have been dissolved away. The caudate 

 lobe is not shown. 



