VAN 221: Veterinary Splanchnology and Applied Anatomy (1+1)

LIVER (SHEEP AND GOAT)

• The liver weighs 550-700 gm
• It lies entirely to the right of the plane. The parietal surface is related to the right of the diaphragm exclusively
• The visceral surface presents extensive reticular and abomasal impressions and a small omasal impression medial to the portal fissure
• The umbilical fissure is deep and partially divides the gland into two chief lobes, dorsal and ventral
• The caudal lobe is prismatic and blunt pointed
• The esophageal notch is represented by a slight impression. The gall bladder is narrow and long
• The bile duct joins the pancreatic duct to form a common bile duct, which opens into the duodenum about one foot from the pylorus