Liver

LIVER

Liver (View image)

  • It is surrounded by Glisson’s capsule. Polyhedral hepatic lobules are observed. But lobulation is indistinct due to less amount of connective tissue
  • Each lobule has a central vein and cords of hepatic cells radiating from it
  • Hepatic cells are polyhedral with one or two eccentric nuclei. Sinusoids which are lined by endothelium and Kupffer cells are observed between cell cords
  • At periphery of lobules portal vein, hepatic artery and bile ductules are observed
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