THE LIVER 



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3. The round ligament (Lig. tores hepatis), a fibrous cord which extends 

 from the umbihcal tissurc to the umbilicus; it is the vestige of the umbilical 

 vein, which in the foetus carries the blood from the placenta to the liver. 



4. The right lateral ligament (Lig. triangularc dextrum) is a wide fold which 

 attaches tlie duisal border of the right lobe to the costal part of the diaphragm. 



ReiKil impression 



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Caudate process 



Posterior vena cava 



Attachment of (instro- pancreatic fold 

 Portal vein 

 Pitrtdl fissure 

 Ilepa'ic artery 



Attachment of lesser omentum 

 Hepatic duel 

 CEsophagcai notch 



Left lateral 

 ligament 



Left 

 border 



Umbilical fissure 



Fig. 275 — Liver of IIor8e, Viscer.a.l Surface. 

 Specimen from middle-aged subject, hardened in situ. 



5. The left lateral ligament (Lig. triangulare sinistrum) attaches the dorsal 

 edge of the left lobe to the tendinous center of the diaphragm. 



6. The hepato-renal or caudate ligament (Lig. hepatorenale) attaches the 

 caudate process to the right kidney and the base of the caecum. The gastro-hepatic 

 omentum and the mesoduodenum have been described. 



As stated above, the liver is divided by fissures into three principal lobes — 

 right, middle, and left. The right lobe is the largest in the young subject and is 



