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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 whose origin, placed very high and near the sub- 

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



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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 

 frsenum, given off from the anterior border of the kidney. 



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

 suspensory ligament) is a falciform and vertical serous layer, whose adherent 

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