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closed because they are surrounded by the capsule of Glisson while the hepatic 

 veins gape open, being adherent to the liver substance. 



The gall-bladder retains the bile and is situated between the right and 



PLATE CXLVI. 



THYROID CARTILAGE. 



CRICOID 



FIRST THORACICT 



RIGHT BRONCHUS 



LFFT BRONCHUS 



CASuiAC END 



TflflFTH THORACIC VERTEBRA 

 CAELIAC AXIS 



PYLORIC END 

 DUODENUM 



1IGHT COMMON ILIAC 



LEFT COMMON ILIAC 



The (Esophagus and Stomach. 



quadrate lobes of the under surface of the liver, it is of pyriform outline, and 

 when full is seen projecting beyond the anterior border of the liver, coming to 

 contact with the abdominal wall opposite the ninth costal cartilage. It ex- 

 tends as far back as the transverse fissure. It is about three or four inches long 

 and will hold about one and one-half ounces. The vessels of the gall-bladder 

 are the cystic arterv from the right branch of hepatic Two cystic veins usually 

 empty into the right branch of the portal vein, twelve or fifteen from the fundus 



