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Liver. 



Inosculation oft. 

 Duct. oen.Arardii 



361. The Liver, Hepar. View from below. 



The longitudinal fissure is divided by the transverse fissure (Porta 

 hepatis) into two parts; the anterior is called the umbilical fissure 

 and lodges the round ligament, Ligamentum tcres, the posterior, called 

 the fissure of the Ductus vcnosus, lodges the Ductus venosus Arantit. The 

 fissure for the gall-bladder lodges the gall-bladder, and the fissure 

 for the Vena cava, the inferior Vena cai'a, Vena cava ascendent. The vessels 

 and nerves of the liver enter the transverse fissure, only the hepatic 

 veins, Venae, liepaticae, terminate in the inferior Vena cava. 



The peritoneal folds of the liver are: the suspensory liga- 

 ment, Lie/amentum suspensorlum, attached by one margin to the under 

 surface of the diaphragm and the anterior abdominal wall as far down 

 as the umbilicus, and by its hepatic margin to the upper surface of the 

 liver, and the coronary ligament, Ligamentum coronarium, attached to 

 the posterior portion of the diaphragm and the posterior round border of 

 the liver. The round ligament, Ligamentum tares., ascends from the 

 umbilicus, enclosed in the longitudinal ligament, to the notch on the 

 anterior border of the liver, and may be traced on the under surface 

 of the liver, as far back as the inferior Vena cava. 



