488 A MANUAL OF ANATOMY. 



dividing the gland into the right (larger) and left (smaller) 

 lobes. 



(2) In the free margin of the suspensory, is the round 

 ligament, a fibrous cord representing the umbilical vein. It 

 extends from the umbilicus to the under surface of the 

 liver, and disappears in the umbilical fissure. 



(3) Extending from side to side, at right angles to, and 

 continuous with, the suspensory ligament, is the coronary 

 ligament. 



(4, 5) The extreme ends of the coronary ligament are 

 called the right and left lateral ligaments. 



Relations. The liver will be seen to be in relation with 

 the following organs. (Not all will appear at this stage, 

 but as before remarked, they are given here consecutively, 

 and later may be confirmed or disproved) : 



Above, the upper surface lies against the diaphragm. 

 Below, the lower surface comes in contact with the hepatic 

 flexure of the colon, gall bladder (part of the liver), 

 stomach (cardiac and pyloric ends and anterior surface), 

 the first and second parts of the duodenum, the right 

 kidney, and the gastrohepatic omentum. Behind, the dia- 

 phragm and its crura, the tenth and eleventh dorsal verte- 

 brae, the oesophagus, the aorta (separated from the liver by 

 the diaphragm), vena cava, and the right suprarenal body. 



Surfaces, Lobes, and Fissures. (i) The upper sur- 

 face is convex to fit in the concavity of the diaphragm, and 

 is divided by the suspensory ligament into the right and 

 left lobes. 



(2) The lower surface is generally concave, and is sepa- 

 rated from the posterior by the transverse fissure. Into 

 the transverse fissure pass the portal vein, hepatic artery, 

 and hepatic nerves, coming out of the hepatic duct. 



The right lobe is divided from the left, by the longi- 



