Si6 ?be Lher. [Boo 



the greatlobe of the liver is likewife connected by im- 

 mediate adhefion, without the intervention of the perito- 

 neum, to the tendinous part of the diaphragm. Round 

 this adhefion we may obferve the peritoneum folded 

 back, to form the external covering of the liver. 



The bjood-vefiels of the liver, which will be here- 

 after particularly confidered, all enter on the concave 

 fide of this organ, where it is divided into its two lobes. 

 The ufes of the liver are to fecrete and prepare the 

 bile. 



The gall-bladder is a membranous receptacle, fuffi- 

 ciently large to contain two or three ounces of bile. 

 It is connected to the inferior part of the right lobe of 

 the liver in fuch a manner, that its fundus or bottom is 

 placed forwards, and is in contact with the colon, and 

 its neck is placed backwards. In fhape the gall-blad- 

 der much refemble* a pear. It confifts of foqr coats, 

 which are very fimilar to thofe of the inteftines, and 

 are called by the fame names. The gall-bladder, as 

 well as the liver, and the other vifcera of the abdomen 

 are covered by the peritoneum. 



The duels, which ferve to, convey the bile formed in 

 the liver to the duodenum, defer ve particular attention. 

 The duel which comes from the liver, and is called 

 the hepatic duct, is conftkuted of a number of frnaller 

 duds, which rife through the whole fubftance of the 

 liver. This duct is joined to another coming from 

 the gall bladder, and thefe ducts together conibitute the 

 common bile duct. The common duct defcends to- 

 wards the pancreas, and patting behind the duodenum, 

 pierces its external coat. After having run between the" 

 coats of this inteftine for fome diftance, it is at length, 

 between its fecond and third coat, united with the duct 

 from the pancreas, and the fluids from the liver and 



pancreas 



