A system of human anatomy, general and special . chylopoietic viscera, previouslyto its return into the general venous circulation, and of secreting afluid necessary to chylification, the bile. It is the largest organ inthe body, weighing about four pounds, and measuring through itslongest diameter about twelve inches. It is situated in the right hy-pochondriac region, and extends across the epigastrium into the lefthypochondriac, frequently reaching by its left extremity to the upperend of the spleen. It is placed obliquely in the abdomen ; its convexsurfnee looking upwards and forwards, and
A system of human anatomy, general and special . chylopoietic viscera, previouslyto its return into the general venous circulation, and of secreting afluid necessary to chylification, the bile. It is the largest organ inthe body, weighing about four pounds, and measuring through itslongest diameter about twelve inches. It is situated in the right hy-pochondriac region, and extends across the epigastrium into the lefthypochondriac, frequently reaching by its left extremity to the upperend of the spleen. It is placed obliquely in the abdomen ; its convexsurfnee looking upwards and forwards, and the concave downwardsand backwards. The anterior border is sharp and free, and markedby a deep notch, and the posterior rounded and broad. It is in rela-tion, superiorly and posteriorly, with the diaphragm, and inferiorlywith the stomach, ascending portion of the duodenum, transverse 46* 546 LIGAMENTS OF THE LIVER. colon, right supra-renal capsule and right kidney, and correspondsby its free border with the lower margin of the ribs. Fig. 2;i.*. Ligaments.—The liver is retained in its place by five ligaments;four of which are formed by duplicatures of the peritoneum, and aresituated upon the convex surface of the organ ; the fifth being afibrous cord, which passes through a fissure in its under surface,from the umbilicus to the inferior vena cava. They are the— Longitudinal,Two lateral, Coronary,Round. The Longitudinal ligament (broad, ligamentum suspensorium he-patis) is an antero-posterior fold of peritoneum, extending from thenotch on the anterior margin of the liver to its posterior its two layers, in the anterior and free margin, is the roundligament. The two Lateral ligaments are formed by the two layers of peri-toneum, which pass from the under surface of the diaphragm to theposterior border of the liver; they correspond with its lateral lobes. The Coronary ligament is formed by the separation of the twolayers forming the lateral ligaments near their po
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