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binds, as you will see, the posterior surface of the liver to the diaphragm. The 

 lateral ligaments, which you will see on lifting the extremities of the liver, are 

 simply outward prolongations of the coronary ligament. The liver is firmly 

 fused with the diaphragm, a perfect appreciation of which you can only gain 

 from study of the embryology of the alimentary canal. 



Vena cava 



BILE DUCT 

 Portal ve; 

 ffe.patic artery 

 SPIGELIAN LOBE 



UMBILICAL FISSURE 

 FIG. 178. THE INFERIOR SURFACE OF THE LIVKR. 



LEFT LOBE 



Vena cava 



SPIGELIAN LOBE 



FIG. 179. POSTERIOR SURFACE OF Tin I.ivi u. 



Glisson's Capsule. You will recall your dissection of the root-structui 

 of the liver. Yon fouml the hepatic artery dividing into two branches, the portal 

 vein the same, and two hepatic ilncts coming down to join the cystic; you saw 

 nerves which are called hepatic branches from tin- vagus and sympathetic, sur 

 rounding the hepatic artery. Now recall this: the very intimate manner r 



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