Chap. XIV] 



SUMMARY 



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Pancreas 



Liver 



Hammer 

 shape 



Size 



Structure 



Function 



In front of first and second lumbar vertebrse, behind 

 stomach. 



r Head attached to duodenum. 

 < Body in front of vertebra. 

 I Tail reaches to spleen. 

 Six inches long. 

 Two inches wide. 

 One-half inch thick. 

 Weight — two to three ounces. 



Compound gland — coiled tubes form lobules. 

 Lobules held together by connective tissue 



form lobes. 

 Lobes form gland. 



Duct from each lobule empties into pan- 

 creatic duct. 



1. Secretes pancreatic juice. 



2. Forms an internal secretion. 



Largest gland in body. 



( Right hypochondriac. 

 Location < Epigastric. 



I Left hj'pochondriac. 

 Convex above — fits under diaphragm. 

 Concave below — fits over right kidney, ascending colon, 

 and pyloric end of stomach. 

 L Suspensory, 

 broad, or 

 falciform 

 Five liga- I 2. Coronary 

 ments | 3. Right lateral 



4. Left lateral 



5. Round liga- 

 ment 



1. Umbilical fis- 

 sure 



2. Gall-bladder 

 fissure 



3. Portal or trans- 

 verse fissure 



4. Ductus venous i 

 fissure > Dorsal surface. 



5. Vena cava J 



1. Right (largest lobe). 



2. Left (smaller and wedge-shaped). 

 Five lobes <! 3. Quadrate (square). 



4. Caudate (tail-like). 



5. Spigelian. 



Five fis 

 sures 



Formed by folds of peri- 

 toneum. 



Results from atrophy of 

 umbilical vein. 



► Under surface. 



