Liver
It is largest gland of
in the body . it is reddish in color . highly vascular and weight about
2.5 kg in adults ..
Ø
Position
It occupies the right hypochondrium and extends into the
epigastrium and left hypochondrium ..
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Shape
Ø it
is wedge shaped .it has an apex , lase or right lateral surface and
anterior , superior and inferior surface …
Ø
Labes
Anatomical , liver has two lobes a , large right lobe and a
smaller left lobe ,they are separated from each other by the line of attachment
of the falcifrom ligament , the fissure for liqamentum venosum and by qroove
for ligamantum teres
(the ground ligament of liver )
Ø
Quadrate
It is seen on the inferior surface of the right lobe
..
Ø
Caudate
It is chiefly on the
positerior surface ..
It has a short tail- like entension –the cavdate process of
the right lobe ..
Ø
Organ associated with liver
Superiorly and anteriorly --- diaphragm and
anterior abdominal …
Inferiorly --- stomach , bile ducts duodenum
,hepatic flexure of colon . right kidney anwadrenal gland .
Posteriorly – esophagus ,inferior
vena cava , aorta gall bladder , vertebral colum and diaphragm …
Laterally --- lower ribs and diaphragm ..
Blood supply ….
Liver gets blood from two sources …
ü Hepatic artery
ü Portal vein
Function of liver
ü Hemopoeisis
in fetus…
ü Defence of
body by kupffer cell ….
ü Destruction
of old RBCS ….
ü Secretion of
bile …..
ü Storage of
glycogen , aminoacids and vit. B12 . A.E.D….
ü Excretion of
cholesterol and bile pigments ….
ü
ü
Liver
It is largest gland of
in the body . it is reddish in color . highly vascular and weight about
2.5 kg in adults ..
Ø
Position
It occupies the right hypochondrium and extends into the
epigastrium and left hypochondrium ..
Ø
Shape
Ø it
is wedge shaped .it has an apex , lase or right lateral surface and
anterior , superior and inferior surface …
Ø
Labes
Anatomical , liver has two lobes a , large right lobe and a
smaller left lobe ,they are separated from each other by the line of attachment
of the falcifrom ligament , the fissure for liqamentum venosum and by qroove
for ligamantum teres
(the ground ligament of liver )
Ø
Quadrate
It is seen on the inferior surface of the right lobe
..
Ø
Caudate
It is chiefly on the
positerior surface ..
It has a short tail- like entension –the cavdate process of
the right lobe ..
Ø
Organ associated with liver
Superiorly and anteriorly --- diaphragm and
anterior abdominal …
Inferiorly --- stomach , bile ducts duodenum
,hepatic flexure of colon . right kidney anwadrenal gland .
Posteriorly – esophagus ,inferior
vena cava , aorta gall bladder , vertebral colum and diaphragm …
Laterally --- lower ribs and diaphragm ..
Blood supply ….
Liver gets blood from two sources …
ü Hepatic artery
ü Portal vein
Function of liver
ü Hemopoeisis
in fetus…
ü Defence of
body by kupffer cell ….
ü Destruction
of old RBCS ….
ü Secretion of
bile …..
ü Storage of
glycogen , aminoacids and vit. B12 . A.E.D….
ü Excretion of
cholesterol and bile pigments ….
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