Dog

LIVER (DOG)

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  • It weighs about 3% of the body weight
  • It consists of five lobes -Rt. Lateral, Central, Caudate, Lt-central and Lt-lateral divided by fissures, which converge towards the portal fissure
    • The left lateral lobe is largest and is oval
    • The left central lobe is prismatic
    • The right central lobe is second in size and presents a tongue-shaped quadrate lobe divided from it by a deep fissure in which the gall bladder is lodged
    • The right lateral is third in size and is oval. On its visceral face is the
    • Caudate lobe made up of a caudate process on the right and a papillary process on the left
  • The parietal surface is convex and is related to the diaphragm and the adjacent part of the inferior wall of abdomen
  • The visceral surface is concave and presents the large gastric impression on the left lateral lobe
  • The portal fissure is between the papillary and caudate lobes
  • The dorsal border presents a deep renal impression for the right kidney on the caudate lobe and medial to it, the caudal vena cava passes in a deep groove then continues on the parietal face of right lateral and central lobes. Next to the caudal vena cava, the dorsal border presents a large oesophageal notch
  •  The ventral border lies on the floor of abdomen at a variable distance behind the xiphoid cartilage
  • The gall bladder lies between the two parts of the right central lobe
Last modified: Friday, 16 December 2011, 1:11 PM