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accompanied by the hepatic artery and duct, all being invested 

 by Glisson's capsule ; it is divided, into right and left, and each 

 part subdivides in the portal canals until it reaches the inter- 

 lobular, spaces, where it gives off the iiderlohular branches. 

 These ramify in the interlobular spaces, on the capsules of the 

 lobules, vi^here they give off lobular branches, that penetrate the 

 lobules, forming in each an intralobular ^jlexus, which terminates 

 in an intralobular branch of the hepatic vein. 



The hepatic artery enters the liver at the transverse fissure, in 

 company with the portal vein and biliary duct. With them it 

 ramifies in the portal canals, giving off vaginal branches to 

 ^ Glisson's capsule, and to the 



coats of the portal vein and 

 biliary duct ; interlobular 

 branches, which pass to the 

 capsules of the lobules, ter- 

 minating in the capillary 

 plexus within them ; and cap- 

 sular branches which chiefly 

 supply the capsule of the 

 liver. The following names 

 have also been applied to 

 these vessels : — Rami Vascu- 

 lares, supplying thev/alls of bile 

 ducts and blood vessels, as Vasa 

 Vasorum ; Eami Capsulares, 

 supplying the capsule; and 

 Rami Lobulares supplying the 

 substance of the lobule. 

 The hepatic vein commences in the interior of each lobule by 

 twiglets which converge to form the intralobular vein, which 

 leaves the lobule at the middle of its base, and enters the sub- 

 lobular vein. The sublobular veins unite to form large and still 

 larger veins, the hepatic veins, which finally join the vena cava 

 in the anterior fissure. 



The hepatic or bile duct is the duct of the gland, conveying 

 away its secretion, the bile. 



The biliary tubes originate within the lobules in a plexus 

 among the hepatic cells, called the intralobular biliary plexus, 

 which on the capsule of the lobule forms the interlobular 

 branches, which join each other, gain the portal canals, and ulti- 



Fia. 105. 



Horizontal section of three hepatic lobules. 

 <i a, Iritralobular veins— origins of the hepatic 

 system ; h h. Interlobular veins— terminations of 

 the portal system. The capillaries joining the 

 two systems are the intralobular plexuses. 



