WOMBAT. 



Suspensory Ligament. — This is well defined, and is 

 traced from the back of the proximal fissure on the left 

 of the gall bladder — into which it may project — to the inf. 

 v. cava. It is attached above to the tendinous portion of 

 the diaphragm, and at its ventral margin it may measure 

 5.5 cm. In one specimen I saw some tough bands attach- 

 ing the ventral part of the liver, in the region of the 

 mesial or cystic fissure to the diaphragm. 



Visceral Surface. Bight Lateral Lobe. — This is de- 

 fined from the rest of the liver by means of the right 

 lateral fissure. Its lower or caudal surface — which may 

 be fissured and lobulated or smooth — is hollowed below 

 for the reception of the right kidney. The inner portion 

 of this surface is in relation with the descending duo- 

 denum, and the outer part is related to the proximal 

 colon. This lobe is usually smooth, and the caudate and 

 spigelian lobes are rudimentary. On the inner side of 

 this lobe is a small raised portion, at the inner and back 

 of which the inf. v. cava passes. This may be regarded as 

 the caudate portion, and it is prolonged to the left in some 

 specimens as a small narrow process scarcely deserving 

 the name of the spigelian lobe, ventral to which pass the 

 portal vein, artery, and bile duct. Strands of hepatic 

 tissue are usually noted on the inner and ventral sides of 

 the inf. v. cava, as it lies on the sinistral margin of the 

 right lateral lobe. The large portal vein may measure 

 2.5 cm. laterally. Ventral to it are the common bile duct 

 and the hepatic artery, and dorsally is the inf. v. cava, 

 with which it is in direct relationship. 



Left Lateral Lobe. — (A) This is the largest portion of 

 the liver. It is smooth, and presents the concavity dorso- 

 internally for the oesophagus. The lobe is concave on this 

 aspect for the left large or cardiac portion of the stomach, 



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