liver
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In 18 atlases
- Adult male (BodyParts3D)
- Real CT case s0462: female, 77
- Real CT case s0616: male, 58
- Real CT case s0751: male, 62
- Real CT case s0923: female, 41
- Real CT case s0963: female, 58
and 12 more
- Real CT case s1249: female, 93
- Real CT case s1397: male, 73
- Real CT case s1580: male, 9
- Real CT case s1784: male, 33
- Real CT case s1789: female, 21
- Real CT case s2043: male, 15
- Real CT case s2075: female, 5
- Adult female organs (HuBMAP HRA)
- Adult male organs (HuBMAP HRA)
- Abdomen (SPL atlas)
- Male torso and inner organs (Voxel-Man, Visible Human)
- Adult male, detailed (Z-Anatomy)
Key points
- The liver lies mainly beneath the diaphragm in the upper right abdomen and extends across the midline.
- Its anatomical lobes are distinguished by surface landmarks, while its functional divisions follow blood supply and bile drainage.
- The liver receives blood from the hepatic portal vein and hepatic artery proper, and drains into the inferior vena cava.
- The porta hepatis carries vessels, bile ducts, lymphatic vessels and nerves between the liver and surrounding structures.
- The liver produces bile, processes absorbed nutrients and makes important blood proteins.
Definition
vertebrate organ involved in metabolism
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Relations
- Innervation
- vagus nerve (X), celiac ganglia
- Arterial supply
- hepatic artery proper
- Venous drainage
- hepatic vein
- Lymphatic drainage
- Hepatic lymph nodes
Sub-structures
- bare area of liver
- capsule of the liver
- colic impression of liver
- coronary ligament of liver
- diaphragmatic surface of liver
- duodenal impression of liver
- esophageal impression of liver
- falciform ligament
- gastric impression of liver
- hepatoduodenal ligament
- ligamentum venosum
- porta hepatis
- quadrate lobe of liver
- renal impression of liver
- round ligament of liver
- suprarenal impression of liver
- triangular ligament of liver
- hepatic artery proper
- intrahepatic biliary tree
- left hemiliver
- left lobe of liver
- right hemiliver
- right lobe of liver
- right portal vein
Neighbouring structures
Practice questions
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Identifiers
- TA2
- 3023
- TA98
- A05.8.01.001
- FMA
- 7197
- UBERON
- 0002107
- Wikidata
- Q9368