Suprarenal impression on liver

Suprarenal impression on liver
Inferior surface of the liver.
Posterior and inferior surfaces of the liver.
Latin impressio suprarenalis hepatis
Gray's subject #250 1191

Close to the right of the fossa between the uncovered area and the caudate lobe and immediately above the renal impression is a small triangular depressed area, the suprarenal impression, the greater part of which is devoid of peritoneum; it lodges the right suprarenal gland.

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