left lobe of liver

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Introduction

Left liver includes the caudate lobe & most of the quadrate lobe. The left lobe is separated from these two lobes on the visceral surface by the fissure for the:

on the diaphragmatic surface by the attachment of the:

The left lobe has its own blood supply from the hepatic artery & portal vein & has its own venous & biliary drainage.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore & AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.