298 SECRETION 



surface, which is in relation with the diaphragm for 

 about 3 inches, included between the reflections of the 

 coronary ligaments. Beneath this serous covering is 

 a fibrous or areolar capsule (capsule of Glisson), which 

 passes into the transverse fissure around the vessels 

 and blends with the areolar tissue which holds the liver 

 lobules together. 



FIG. 110 



Trunk of infralobt 

 vein. 



ntralobular vein. 



Horizontal section of injected liver (dog). 



The lobules compose the main mass of the liver 

 substance, and consist of irregular chains of hepatic 

 cells, which secrete the bile, and are surrounded by a 

 capillary net-work of intralobular veins, which are the 

 minute terminations of the portal vein; they course 

 toward the centre of the lobule, opening into a 

 central intralobular vein; also small arteries, branches 

 of the hepatic artery, lie between the cells. 



In addition, within the chain of cells are the minute 

 biliary ducts, or capillaries, which are the commence- 

 ment of the hepatic duct that conveys the bile formed 



