Liver & Gallbladder
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,The Liv er
Topics
• Lobes
• Surfaces
• Ligaments
• Porta hepatis
• Lymphatic drainage
• Blood Supply
• Innervation
• Clinical Anatomy
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,The Liver
Overview Functions
• The liver is the largest organ
• Upper right quadrant of the abdomen.
• Part of the gastrointestinal tract.
• Covered by visceral peritoneum
• Exception for the *bare area where the liver
is in contact with the diaphragm.
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, The Liver: Anatomy Summary
Lobes Right, Left
Caudate, Quadrate
Surfaces Diaphragmatic
Visceral
Ligaments Coronary
Left Triangular
Falciform
Round Ligament
Venosum
Fissures Porta hepatis (central fissure) which contains
the portal vein, hepatic artery, hepatic nerve
plexus, hepatic ducts, Lymph)
Recesses Hepatorenal recess: separates the liver from
the right kidney.
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