This is an anterior view of the liver. You should identify the:
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This an image of the visceral surface of the liver. Make sure you can
orient yourself properly. Check out to see where the fundus of the gall bladder
is located. Identify the following structures:
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Finally we take a look at the superior aspect of the liver. This part
of the liver is separated from the heart by the domes of the diaphragm. In
this image, the anterior (diaphragmatic) surface of the liver is upward and
the visceral surface is downward on the page. This aspect allows you to identify
the:
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Separation of the four lobes of the liver:
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Relationship of the visceral aspect of the liver to other abdominal viscera. |
The biliary system is made up of the ducts arising in the liver, the
gall bladder and its duct and the common bile duct. Starting in the liver,
the small biliary ducts converge to form the larger right
and left hepatic ducts. These, in turn, join
to form the common hepatic duct which joins with
the cystic duct to form the common bile duct. Remember, when we studied the duodenum,
that the common bile duct joins the major pancreatic duct to empty into the
ampulla which then empties into the second part (descending part) of the
duodenum. The gall bladder receives bile from the liver by way of the common hepatic duct into the cystic duct. The gall bladder stores and concentrates its contents and also excretes its bile back through the cystic duct to join the common hepatic duct to become the common bile duct which then carries the bile into the duodenum. The location of the tip of the fundus can be approximated on the surface of the abdomen at the point where the lateral edge of the rectus abdominis crosses the cartilage of the 9th rib. |
Clinical Considerations
Liver
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Celiac Trunk
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