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It also has a caudate process (that is not tail-like shaped) arising from its right side, which provides surface continuity between the caudate lobe and the visceral surface of the anatomical right lobe of the liver. [2] The caudate process is a small elevation of the hepatic substance extending obliquely and laterally, from the lower extremity ...
A liver segment is one of eight segments of the liver as described in the widely used Couinaud classification (named after Claude Couinaud) in the anatomy of the liver.This system divides the lobes of the liver into eight segments based on a transverse plane through the bifurcation of the main portal vein, [1] arranged in a clockwise manner starting from the caudate lobe.
The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrate animals, ... (numbered I to VIII) with unit 1, the caudate lobe, receiving its supply from both ...
It is formed by the union of the right hepatic duct (which drains bile from the right functional lobe of the liver) and the left hepatic duct (which drains bile from the left functional lobe of the liver). [3] The duct is about 3 cm long. [4] The common hepatic duct is about 6 mm in diameter in adults, with some variation. [5]
Caudate (Latin for "tail") may refer to: Caudate nucleus; Caudate leaf shape; Caudate lobe of liver; Cauda equina; A salamander (which is any member of the order Caudata
The porta hepatis or transverse fissure of the liver is a short but deep fissure, ... and separates the quadrate lobe in front from the caudate lobe and process behind.
In histology (microscopic anatomy), the lobules of liver, or hepatic lobules, are small divisions of the liver defined at the microscopic scale. The hepatic lobule is a building block of the liver tissue , consisting of a portal triad, hepatocytes arranged in linear cords between a capillary network, and a central vein .
The ligamentum venosum courses along the visceral/posterior aspect of the liver in the fossa for ductus venosum, which separates the caudate lobe and the left lobe. Fetal circulation. The ductus venosus (red), which becomes the ligamentum venosum , connects the umbilical vein to the inferior vena cava .