THE LIVER 



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vein and the hepatic artery) carry blood to the liver, 

 entering it on the lower side and breaking up inside the 



Fig. 43 — The liver. 



lobes into capillaries. These capillaries unite again, and 

 the blood passes out of the liver by the hepatic veins. 



Pig. 44 — Two liver globules ; A^ section across central hepatic vein ; B, section 

 splitting the central hepatic vein ; p, capillaries of the portal vein which bxeak 

 up among the liver cells and Unally unite in the central hepatic vein k. 



