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THE HORSE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 



It is a dark red-brown color, and weighs about 11 pounds in the 

 average-sized horse. The circumference is marked by two fissures 

 which divide the gland into three lobes. Pressure from the soft 



Renal impression 



Caudate process 



Posterior vena cava 



Attachment of yastro- pancreatic fold 

 Portal vein 

 Portal fissure 

 Hepatic artery 



Attachment of lesser omentum 

 Hepatic duct 

 (Esophageal notch 



Left lateral 

 ligament 



Umbilical fissure 



Fig. 21. — Visceral surface of liver. Specimen from a middle-aged horse, 

 hardened in situ. The fissures divide the gland into lobes. (Sisson, Anatomy 

 of Domestic Animals.) 



organs and special lij2;aments hold the liver in position. Young 

 horses have relatively larger livers than old horses. The bile-duct 

 connects the liver with the small intestine, which it enters about 6 



