ABDOMEN AND PELVIS 



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phragm by blunt dissection, noting the amount of areolar tissue. 

 Next divide the vena cava inferior and the lower layer of the 

 coronary ligament. The inferior vena cava must be divided a 

 second time at the point where it first comes in contact with this 

 viscus before the liver can be removed from the abdominal cavity. 



Lobes, 

 (a) 



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(c) 



(d) 



Right lobe of liver (lobus hepatis dexter). 

 Quadrate lobe (lobus quadratus). 

 Caudate lobe (lobus caudatus [Spigeli]). 



(ca) Papillary process (processus papillaris). 



(cb) Caudate process (processus caudatus). 

 Left lobe of liver (lobus hepatis sinister). 



FIG. 266. 

 Vv. hepaticae 



Vena cava inf. 

 Lig. ven. [Arantii] 



Lig. teres hepat. 



Ductus hepat. 



Duct. cyst. 



The liver, from behind and below. (From Gegenbaur, Lehrb. der Anat. des Mensch., Leipzig, 

 1899, 7 Aufl., Bd. ii. p. 75, Fig. 401.) 



Surfaces. 



(a) Superior surface (fades superior). 



(b) Posterior surface (fades posterior). 



(c) Inferior surface (fades inferior). 



Ligaments. 



(a) Round ligament of liver (ligamentum teres hepatis). 



(b) Venous ligament (ligamentum venosum [Arantii]). 



(c) Falciform ligament (ligamentum f aid forme hepatis). 



(d) Coronary ligament (ligamentum coronarium hepatis). 



(e) Right triangular ligament (ligamentum triangular -e dextrum). 



(f) Left triangular ligament (ligamentum triangulare sinistrum). 



