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The liver is a dark reddish brown, wedge-shaped organ with two lobes of unequal size and shape. A human liver normally weighs approximately 1.5 kilograms (3.3 pounds) [11] and has a width of about 15 centimetres (6 inches). [12]
"Anatomy diagram: 12581.000-1". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Anatomy photo:37:02-0201 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Abdominal Cavity: Inspection of the Abdominal Viscera in situ" Anatomy photo:38:12-0204 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The Visceral Surface of the Liver"
A liver segment is one of eight segments of the liver as described in the widely used Couinaud classification (named after Claude Couinaud) in the anatomy of the liver.This system divides the lobes of the liver into eight segments based on a transverse plane through the bifurcation of the main portal vein, [1] arranged in a clockwise manner starting from the caudate lobe.
In histology (microscopic anatomy), the lobules of liver, or hepatic lobules, are small divisions of the liver defined at the microscopic scale. The hepatic lobule is a building block of the liver tissue , consisting of portal triads, hepatocytes arranged in linear cords between a capillary network, and a central vein .
Diagram of liver, blood vessels, hepatic lobule, and portal tract anatomy with key labels Persian بخش بندی و رگ وارد شده به کبد شامل سیاهرگ ها و سرخرگ ها
The liver span is a measurement performed during physical examination to determine the size of the liver and identify possible hepatomegaly.. It is the distance between the lower border of the liver in the mid-clavicular line obtained by palpation, and the upper border of the liver in the mid-clavicular line detected by percussion (the upper border of the liver lies behind the ribs and can not ...
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1905 diagram of the internal organs of the human body. Organs, structured collections of cells with a specific function, [10] mostly sit within the body, with the exception of skin. Examples include the heart, lungs and liver. Many organs reside within cavities within the body.