Veterinary Splanchnology and Applied Anotomy

LIVER (FOWL)

• The liver lies in the ventral part of the body cavity
• Its parietal surface is convex and is related to the ventral and lateral walls of abdomen
• It presents a deep cardiac impression in front for the pericardium and heart
• The visceral surface is irregular and concave. It presents impression left by the proventriculus and gizzard while on the right is impressions from the spleen and small intestine
• The gall bladder is situated on the right caudal part of this face
• The gland consists of 2 lobes, of which the right is larger
• The hepato-cystic duct extends from the right lobe to the gall bladder from where a ductus cysticus passes to the termination of the duodenum
• Close to it’s opening is the orifice of the hepato-enteric duct from the left lobe