Right lobe of liver
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| Right lobe of liver | |
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| Posterior and inferior surfaces of the liver. (Right lobe labeled at upper right.) | |
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| 1: Right lobe of liver 2: Left lobe of liver 3: Quadrate lobe of liver 4: Round ligament of liver 5: Falciform ligament 6: Caudate lobe of liver 7: Inferior vena cava 8: Common bile duct 9: Hepatic artery 10: Portal vein 11: Cystic duct 12: Hepatic duct 13: Gallbladder |
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| Latin | lobus hepatis dexter |
| Gray's | subject #250 1192 |
The right lobe is much larger than the left; the proportion between them being as six to one.
It occupies the right hypochondrium, and is separated from the left lobe on its upper surface by the falciform ligament; on its under and posterior surfaces by the left sagittal fossa; and in front by the umbilical notch.
It is of a somewhat quadrilateral form, its under and posterior surfaces being marked by three fossæ: the porta and the fossæ for the gall-bladder and inferior vena cava, which separate its left part into two smaller lobes; the quadrate and caudate lobes.
[edit] External links
- Dictionary at eMedicine Right+lobe+of+liver
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 12581.000-1
- SUNY Labs 37:02-0201 - "Abdominal Cavity: Inspection of the Abdominal Viscera in situ"
- SUNY Labs 38:12-0204 - "The Visceral Surface of the Liver"
- Cross section at UV pembody/body8a
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