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Ligament: Falciform ligament
The superior surface of the liver. ("Attachment of falciform ligament" is white band to the left.)
1: Right lobe of liver
2: Left lobe of liver
3: Quadrate lobe of liver
4: Round ligament of liver
5: Falciform ligament
6: Caudate lobe of liver
7: Inferior vena cava
8: Common bile duct
9: Hepatic artery
10: Portal vein
11: Cystic duct
12: Hepatic duct
13: Gallbladder
Latinligamentum falciforme hepatis
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The falciform ligament is a broad and thin antero-posterior peritoneal fold, falciform in shape, its base being directed downward and backward, its apex upward and backward.

Is a remnant of the ventral mesentery of the foetus.

It is situated in an antero-posterior plane, but lies obliquely so that one surface faces forward and is in contact with the peritoneum behind the right rectus and the diaphragm, while the other is directed backward and is in contact with the left lobe of the liver.

It is attached by its left margin to the under surface of the diaphragm, and the posterior surface of the sheath of the right Rectus as low down as the umbilicus; by its right margin it extends from the notch on the anterior margin of the liver, as far back as the posterior surface.

It is composed of two layers of peritoneum closely united together.

Its base or free edge contains between its layers the round ligament and the parumbilical veins.

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The primitive mesentery of a six weeks’ human embryo, half schematic.

Horizontal disposition of the peritoneum in the upper part of the abdomen.

Diagram to show the lines along which the peritoneum leaves the wall of the abdomen to invest the viscera.


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Peritoneal ligaments, mesenteries, and folds
Greater omentumGastrosplenic ligament/Gastrolienal ligament - Gastrophrenic ligament - Gastrocolic ligament - Splenorenal ligament
Lesser omentumHepatogastric ligament - Hepatoduodenal ligament
LiverFalciform ligament, Round ligament of liver, Coronary ligament, Ligamentum venosum, Left triangular ligament, Right triangular ligament
Uterus/ovariesBroad ligament of the uterus (Mesovarium, Mesosalpinx, Mesometrium), Ovarian ligament, Suspensory ligament of the ovary
Other ligamentsPhrenicocolic ligament - Pulmonary ligament
MesenteryTransverse mesocolon - Sigmoid mesocolon - Mesoappendix
FoldsUmbilical folds - Ileocecal fold
The right lobe is much larger than the left; the proportion between them being as six to one.

It occupies the right hypochondrium, and is separated from the left lobe on its upper surface by the falciform ligament; on its under and posterior surfaces by the left sagittal
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The left lobe is smaller and more flattened than the right. It is situated in the epigastric and left hypochondriac regions. Its upper surface is slightly convex and is moulded on to the diaphragm; its under surface presents the gastric impression and omental tuberosity.
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The quadrate lobe is an area of the liver situated on the under surface of the right lobe, bounded in front by the anterior margin of the liver; behind by the porta; on the right, by the fossa for the gall-bladder; and on the left, by the fossa for the umbilical vein.
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round ligament of (the) liver (also commonly known by its Latin name, ligamentum teres - or more specifically ligamentum teres hepatis as the human body has three round ligaments in total) is a degenerative string of tissue that exists in the free edge of the
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The caudate lobe (posterior hepatic segment I, Spigelian lobe) is situated upon the posterior surface of the liver between the left and right lobe of the liver, opposite the tenth and eleventh thoracic vertebrae.
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The inferior vena cava (or IVC) is the large vein that carries de-oxygenated blood from the lower half of the body into the heart.

It is posterior to the abdominal cavity and runs along side of the vertebral column on its right side (i.e. it is a retroperitoneal structure).
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Bile, which is synthesized in the liver, is carried to the right and left hepatic ducts, which converge to form the common hepatic duct. There, it can either enter the superior end of the common bile duct and either empties into the third (and retroperitoneal) portion of the duodenum, or
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Hepatic artery can refer to:
  • Common hepatic artery (a branch of the celiac artery)
  • Hepatic artery proper (a branch of the common hepatic artery)

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Portal vein can refer to:
  • the hepatic portal vein, a large vein that carries blood from the digestive tract to the liver and is formed by the splenic vein and superior mesenteric vein
  • a vein that is part of a portal venous system and connects two systems of capillary beds

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The cystic duct is the short duct that joins the gall bladder to the common bile duct. It usually lies next to the cystic artery. It is of variable length. It contains a 'spiral valve', which does not provide much resistance to the flow of bile.
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The common hepatic duct is the duct formed by the convergence of the right hepatic duct (which drains bile from the right functional lobe of the liver) and the left hepatic duct (which drains bile from the left functional lobe of the liver).
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The gallbladder (or cholecyst, sometimes gall bladder) is a pear-shaped organ that stores about 50 ml of bile (or "gall") until the body needs it for digestion.
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Official status
Official language of: Vatican City
Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech
Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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In higher vertebrates, the peritoneum is the serous membrane that forms the lining of the abdominal cavity - it covers most of the intra-abdominal organs. It is composed of a layer of mesothelium supported by a thin layer of connective tissue.
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The rectus abdominis muscle (commonly known as "abs") is a paired muscle running vertically on each side of the anterior wall of the human abdomen (and in some other animals).
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diaphragm is a sheet of muscle extending across the bottom of the ribcage. The diaphragm separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity and performs an important function in respiration.
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liver is an organ present in vertebrates and some other animals. It plays a major role in metabolism and has a number of functions in the body, including glycogen storage, decomposition of red blood cells, plasma protein synthesis, and detoxification.
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Umbilicus may refer to:
  • Umbilicus (mollusk), a feature of gastropod shell anatomy
  • Umbilicus (genus), a genus of 15-20 species of flowering plants
  • Umbilicus urbis Romae, the designated centre of the city of Rome from which and to which all distances in Rome

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In human anatomy, the term round ligament (or its Latin equivalent ligamentum teres) can refer to several structures:
  • Round ligament of uterus, also known as the ligamentum teres uteri
  • Round ligament of liver, also known as the

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parumbilical) are found which establish an anastomosis between the veins of the anterior abdominal wall and the portal, hypogastric, and iliac veins.

The best marked of these small veins is one which commences at the umbilicus and runs backward and upward in, or on the
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Henry Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (or Gray's Anatomy as it has commonly been shortened) is an English-language human anatomy textbook widely regarded as a classic work on the subject.
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In higher vertebrates, the peritoneum is the serous membrane that forms the lining of the abdominal cavity - it covers most of the intra-abdominal organs. It is composed of a layer of mesothelium supported by a thin layer of connective tissue.
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