6 ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF LIVER. 



followers ; it was, however, reserved for such men as 

 Magendie, Tiedemann, Claude Bernard, Lehmann, and 

 C. Schmidt, to extend the boundaries of our knowledge, 

 and reproduce in a more exact form, the nnfn.ru I filia- 

 tions of this remarkable gland, reference to which will 

 be made further on. 



ANATOMICALLY. The liver may be described as a 

 secreting and excreting gland, of prodigious size, occupy- 

 ing a considerable space in the upper part of the abdo- 

 minal cavity; it is irregular in form, measuring through 

 its longest diameter about twelve im-lu-s ; in w< 

 from four to live pounds, and having on in under 

 surf ace a pear-shaped reservoir for th< T the 



bile the gall-bladder. It is bounded a the 



vault of the diaphragm ; anteriorly and laterally by tin* 

 arch of the ribs ; posteriorly by the spinal column ; ,tnd 

 below by the stomach and in: 



IN STRUCTrm-:, tin- liv,-r is divided ,;ly into 



five lobes, viz., i it, left, quadrangular, lobe of 



Spigelius, and the caudated lobe, 

 lobes are marked by an equal number of 

 the longitudinal, the venous duct, th- arse, the 



gall-bladder, and the fissure for I 

 held in position by an equal number of bands, or 

 ments, four of which are rell. ; the serous 



membrane of the intestines " the peritoneum," >ix., 

 the longitudinal, two lateral, the coronary, and 

 fifth, or round ligament: formed upon the obliteration of 

 the umbilical veins of the foetus, whose place it occu 

 The blood-vessels and lymphatics are likewise live in 

 number namely, the hepatic artery, portal v 

 hepatic veins, hepatic ducts, and lymphatics. 



