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Fm. 404. Cat 



network of the lobules of the rabbit's liver. The figure is taken from a very 



apillary 



successful injection of the liver veins, mado by Harting : it shows nearly the whole of two lobules', 

 and parts of three others ; p, interlobular (portal) branches running in the interlobular spaces ; li, 

 intralobular (hepatic) veins occupying the centre of the lobules. The interlobnlar and intralobular 

 vessels are connected by radiating capillaries, x 45. (Kolliker.) 



Fm. 405. Section of a portion of liver passing longitudinally through a considerable hepatic vein, from 

 the pig. H, hepatic venous trunk, against which the sides of the lobules (i) are applied; h, h, h, 

 sublobular hepatic veins, on which the bases of the lobules rest, and through the coats of which 

 they are seen as polygonal figures ; i, mouth of the intralobular veins, opening into the sublobular 

 veins ; i', intralobular veins shown passing up the centre of some divided lobules ; I, I, cut surface of 

 the liver; c, c, walls of the hepatic venous canal, formed by the polygonal bases of the lobules. 

 X 5 (Kiernan.) 



