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

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