Veterinary Splanchnology and Applied Anotomy

LIVER (PIG)

• Relatively large
• It is divided into five lobes, viz., right lateral, right central, left central and left lateral, which is the largest lobe and a small caudate lobe
• The gall bladder is placed in a depression on the right central lobe
• The diaphragmatic surface is highly convex
• On the upper part of the right lateral lobe is the caudate lobe. No renal impression exists, as the right kidney does not touch the liver
• The cystic duct joins the hepatic duct at an acute angle
• The bile duct opens at the papilla duodeni about one or two inches from the pylorus