496 THE DIGESTIVE APPARATUS IN MAMMALIA. 



close ; and the vena cava itself being thus in a manner united to the tissue of 

 the liver, it happens that the union of the anterior face of the viscus with the 

 phrenic centre could not be more solidly established. 



B. The ligament of the left lobe is a wide peritoneal fold, between the two 

 layei-s of which are some fasciculi of white fibrous tissue. It is detached from 

 the aponeurotic centre, to the left of the oesophageal orifice, and is inserted into 

 the left part of the superior border of the liver. 



C. The ligament of the right lobe is a fold analogous to the preceding, but 



much shorter, and the origin of which, placed very high and near to the sublumbar 

 parietes, is partly covered by the right kidney. It is inserted into the superior 

 border of the viscus, and sends a small layer to the lobus Spigelii ; most frequently, 

 however, this lobule is sustained by a special peritoneal fraenum, given off from 

 the anterior border of the kidney. 



D. The ligament of the middle lobe (the longitudinal^ broad^ falciform^ or 



