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Porta hepatis

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When the patient is supine, and the liver observed inferiorly (as in a surgeon's perspective), the important structures demarcating its inferior aspect can be represented by a hepatic "H" figure. The right vertical limb of the "H" defines the left and right functional lobes, while the left vertical
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limb of the "H" defines the right and left anatomical lobes. The horizontal line between the vertical limbs of the "H" represents the porta hepatis. The quadrate and caudate lobe lie superior and inferior to this line respectively.
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The hepatic duct lies in front and to the right, the hepatic artery to the left, and the portal vein behind and between the duct and artery.
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is a short but deep fissure, about 5 cm long, extending transversely beneath the left portion of the right lobe of the
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Sympathetic nerves - these provide afferent pain impulses from the liver and gall bladder to the brain. Pain may be
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at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: The Visceral Surface of the Liver"
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Knowledge articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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It joins nearly at right angles with the left sagittal fossa, and separates the
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at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
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It transmits the following (in anterior to posterior order):
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and its tributaries. (Porta hepatis labeled at upper left.)
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liver

portal vein
Latin
TA98
A05.8.01.016
TA2
3033
FMA
15758
Anatomical terminology
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liver
quadrate lobe
caudate lobe
common hepatic duct
proper hepatic artery
hepatic portal vein
lymphatics
referred
vagus nerve
hepatoduodenal ligament
Portal triad
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Gray's Anatomy
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