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by the diaphragm from the lungs and pleural sacs, it is 

 convex, and more convex on the right side than on the left. 

 In the intermediate area, where the diaphragm separates it 

 from the pericardium and the heart, it is slightly concave, 

 and running antero-posteriorly across the depressed area is 

 the line of attachment of the falciform ligament, which 

 separates the upper surface of the right lobe from the upper 

 surface of the left lobe. The line of attachment of the 

 falciform ligament to the upper surface terminates, posteriorly, 



Coronary ligam ent 



' Ligamentum teres 

 -Gall-bladder 



FlG. 170. Anterior Surface of the Liver. 



at the upper end of the fossa for the ductus venosus, and 

 from that point the line of attachment of the left triangular 

 ligament extends to the left, on the posterior part of the upper 

 surface of the left lobe. A short distance to the right of the 

 posterior end of the line of attachment of the falciform 

 ligament, the posterior border of the upper surface is notched 

 by the upper end of the fossa for the inferior vena cava. 

 The portion of the posterior border of the upper surface 

 which lies between the upper ends of the fossa for the ductus 

 venosus and the fossa for the inferior vena cava is the upper 

 end of the caudate lobe. 



