vasa aberrantia hepatis
| pars posterior faciei diaphragmatis hepatis | That portion of the diaphragmatic surface of the liver that includes the bare area and the caudate lobe. Synonym: pars posterior faciei diaphragmatis hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pars quadrata hepatis | The part of the medial segment of the liver which includes the quadrate lobe. Synonym: pars quadrata hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pars superior faciei diaphragmaticae hepatis | The convex superior portion of the diaphragmatic surface of the liver. Synonym: pars superior faciei diaphragmaticae hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pars transversa rami sinistri venae portae hepatis | <anatomy, vein> The long unbranched portion of the left branch of the portal vein. Synonym: pars transversa rami sinistri venae portae hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pars umbilicalis rami sinistri venae portae hepatis | <anatomy, vein> The highly branched part of the left branch of the portal vein; the round and venous ligaments attach to this part. Synonym: pars umbilicalis rami sinistri venae portae hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peliosis hepatis | <radiology> Benign, intrahepatic vascular disorder, associated with benign and malignant liver tumours, possible vasodilatory response to sex hormones, (?) clinical significance, multiple endothelium-lined, blood-filled spaces, communicate with sinusoids, angio (parenchymal phase): multiple round collections of contrast in liver (3 - 15 mm), Differential diagnosis: focal nodular hyperplasia, hypervascular metastasis, cavernous haemangiomata (12 Dec 1998) |
| pons hepatis | A bridge of liver tissue that sometimes overlaps the fossa of the inferior vena cava, converting it into a canal. Synonym: ponticulus hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ponticulus hepatis | A bridge of liver tissue that sometimes overlaps the fossa of the inferior vena cava, converting it into a canal. Synonym: ponticulus hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| porta hepatis | A transverse fissure on the visceral surface of the liver between the caudate and quadrate lobes, lodging the portal vein, hepatic artery, hepatic nerve plexus, hepatic ducts, and lymphatic vessels. Synonym: caudal transverse fissure, portal fissure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| segmenta hepatis | Territories of the liver with independent portobilioarterial distribution or independent venous drainage. The naming of segments in the NA is based upon the portobilioarterial distribution. See: anterior segment, lateral segment, medial segment, posterior segment. Synonym: segmenta hepatis, segments of liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| impressio cardiaca hepatis | A depression on the superior area of the diaphragmatic surface of the liver corresponding to the position of the heart. Synonym: impressio cardiaca hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incisura ligamenti teretis hepatis | The notch in the inferior border of the liver that accommodates the round ligament. Synonym: incisura ligamenti teretis hepatis, incisura umbilicalis, umbilical notch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tunica fibrosa hepatis | A layer of connective tissue ensheathing the hepatic artery, portal vein, and bile ducts as these ramify within the liver. Synonym: capsula fibrosa perivascularis, perivascular fibrous capsule. Connective tissue capsule surrounding the outer surface of the liver, but continuous with septae of some animals which divide parenchyme into lobule, and with the perivascular fibrous capsule at the porta hepatis. Synonym: tunica fibrosa hepatis, Glisson's capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tunica serosa hepatis | Serous coat of the liver; peritoneal covering of the liver, enclosing almost all except for a triangular area on its posterior surface, (the "bare area of the liver") and a smaller area where the liver and gallbladder are in direct contact. Synonym: tunica serosa hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| facies visceralis hepatis | The posteroinferior surface of the liver that faces adjacent abdominal organs; the porta hepatis and gallbladder are located on this surface. Synonym: facies visceralis hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |