THE LIVER 



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tralobular vein, which at the base of the lobule joins the sub- 

 lobular vein. These sublobular veins join each other to form 



FIG. 45. Section of lobule of liver of rabbit in which the blood capillaries 

 and bile canaliculi have been injected. (From Yeo after Cadiat.) 



a, intralobular vein ; b, interlobular veins; c, biliary canals beginning in fine capillaries. 



hepatic veins, which become larger and larger until they have 

 collected all the blood which has entered the liver. They finally 

 enter the ascending vena cava. 



