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downwards a little lower on the right side. The upper limit, 

 anteriorly, corresponds with the line of the diaphragm i.e., the 

 fifth intercostal space on the right, and the sixth costal cartilage 

 on the left, with a depression in the middle. The mass of the 

 liver is divided into right and left lobes by the falciform liga- 

 ment, a fold of peritoneum connecting the liver with the anterior 

 abdominal wall and diaphragm. 



The liver has two surfaces visceral and parietal. The 

 Parietal surface lies above, against the diaphragm anteriorly, 



Inferior Vena Cava 



Lobus Spigelii 

 Venosal Fissure 

 CEsophageal Groove 



Vena Portae 



Lobus Caudatus 



Impressio Suprarenalis 



Uncovered Area of Right Lobe 



Impressio Duodenalis 



Impressio Renali& 



c * sticDuct 



Impressio Gastric 

 on Left Lobe 



Tuber Omentale 



Hepatic Artery 



Hepatic Duct ' , ! Gall-bladder 



J Lobus Quadratus 

 Round Ligament Ductus Communis Choledochus 



FIG. 49. THE LIVER. 



against the abdominal wall, laterally, against the ribs, from 

 which it is separated by the diaphragm, posteriorly, also against 

 the diaphragm. The whole of the liver is covered by peritoneum 

 except a small portion of the posterior surface known as the 

 "uncovered area/' which is in direct relation with the dia- 

 phragm. 



The " uncovered area " is a small portion of the liver which 

 lies between the two coronary ligaments, the folds of peritoneum 

 passing from the liver to the abdominal wall. On the "uu- 



