ANAT20006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Common Bile Duct, Esophagus, Duodenum

• School: University of Melbourne
• Department: Anatomy and Neuroscience
• Course: ANAT20006
• Professor: Junhua Xiao

Document Summary

* the largest solid viscus (heavy) & it takes the shape of adjacent structures. * >1500 known function bile production, metabolism, filtering of blood. * the liver has a diaphragmatic surface and a visceral surface. * the peritoneal membrane covers the diaphragmatic surface and the visceral surface of the liver. Surfaces and bed of the liver diaphragmatic surface: * the falciform ligament divides the diaphragmatic surface into two lobes the large right lobe and the small left lobe. Surfaces and bed of the liver visceral surface: * the surface of the visceral surface is not smooth it is concaved. * the inferior vena cava sits in the groove within the visceral surface of the liver (it is superior and posterior) * the gallbladder sits in a posterior and inferior position. * the portal hepatic/hilum the hilum of the liver allowing nerves, lymphatics, the bile duct, the hepatic artery & portal vein to enter and exit the liver.