Veterinary Splanchnology and Applied Anotomy

Ligaments of liver

LIGAMENTS

• The right lateral attaches the dorsal border to the sublumbar region
• Caudate ligament attaches the caudate lobe to the ventral face of the right kidney
• The falciform ligament is a crecenteric fold, which attaches the sternal part of the diaphragm to the parietal surface of the liver
• The round ligament, which is in the free border of the falciform ligament, extends from the umbilical fissure to the umbilicus
• The lesser omentum attaches the liver from the oesophageal notch to the portal fissure with the parietal face of the omasum
• Cranial face is adherent to the diaphragm
• The caudal vena cava embedded in its left border holds it in position