STRUCTURE OF THE LIVER. 



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branches of the portal vein in this situation receive the name of 

 the interlobular veins. They anastomose freely with the terminal 

 veinlets in the vicinity, so as to form a network round each 



FIG. 72. 



Section of Lobule of Liver of Kabbit in which the blood and bile capil- 

 laries have been injected. (Cadiat.) a, Intralobular vein. b. Interlobular 

 veins, c. Biliary canals beginning in fine capillaries. 



lobule. From this a number of capillary vessels pass into the 

 lobule, and, lying between the gland-cell, form a network with 

 long meshes radiating from the centre like the threads of a 





