Pig

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
Last modified: Friday, 16 December 2011, 1:11 PM