| 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) |
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| 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) |
| lobulus hepatis | The conceptual polygonal histologic unit of the liver consisting of masses of liver cells arranged around a central vein, a terminal branch of one of the hepatic veins; at the periphery are located preterminal and terminal branches of the portal vein, hepatic artery, and bile duct, hepatic lobules have anatomical reality in the pig liver or pathologically in humans, when fibrous septa are present. Synonym: lobulus hepatis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobus hepatis dexter | The largest lobe of the liver, separated from the left lobe above and in front by the falciform ligament and from the caudate and quadrate lobes by the sulcus for the vena cava and the fossa for the gallbladder; it contains two segments, anterior and posterior. Synonym: lobus hepatis dexter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lobus hepatis sinister | It is separated from the right lobe above and in front by the falciform ligament, and from the quadrate and caudate lobes by the fissure for the ligamentum teres and the fissure for the ligamentum venosum; the distribution of the portal vein, hepatic artery, and bile ducts does not correspond to the gross lobar divisions of the liver. It contains two segments, superior and inferior. Synonym: lobus hepatis sinister. (05 Mar 2000) |
| node of ligamentum arteriosum | A lymph node of the anterior mediastinal group located adjacent to the ligamentum arteriosum. Synonym: nodus ligamenti arteriosi, lymph node of ligamentum arteriosum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fissure for ligamentum teres | A cleft on the inferior surface of the liver, running from the inferior border to the left extremity of the porta hepatis; it lodges the round ligament of the liver. Synonym: fissura ligamenti teretis, fissure for ligamentum teres, fossa venae umbilicalis, umbilical fissure, umbilical fossa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fissure of ligamentum venosum | A deep cleft extending from the porta hepatis and the inferior vena cava between the left lobe and the caudate lobe; it lodges the ligamentum venosum and is thus a vestige of the fossa of the ductus venosus. Synonym: fissura ligamenti venosi, fissure of venous ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligamentum | Synonym: ligament. Origin: L. A band, tie, fr. Ligo, to bind (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligamentum acromioclaviculare | <anatomy> A fibrous band extending from the acromion of the scapula to the clavicle. Synonym: ligamentum acromioclaviculare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligamentum annulare | <anatomy> One of a number of ligament's encircling various parts; the principal annular ligament's are those of the stapes, radius, and trachea. See: annular ligament of the radius, annular ligament of the stapes, annular ligaments of the trachea. Synonym: ligamentum annulare, orbicular ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligamentum annulare bulbi | The network of fibres (pectinate ligaments) at the iridocorneal angle between the anterior chamber of the eye and the venous sinus of the sclera; it contains spaces between the fibres that are involved in drainage of the aqueous humor, and is composed of two portions: the corneoscleral part, the part attached to the sclera, and the uveal part, the part attached to the iris. Synonym: reticulum trabeculare sclerae, Gerlach's valvula, Hueck's ligament, ligamentum annulare bulbi, pectinate ligaments of iridocorneal angle, pillar of iris, trabecular meshwork, trabecular network, trabecular zone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligamentum annulare digitorum | One of the two circular fibrous bands of the fibrous sheaths of the fingers and toes attached to the shaft of the proximal and middle phalanges. Synonym: pars annularis vaginae fibrosae, annular pulley, annulus of fibrous sheath, ligamentum annulare digitorum. (05 Mar 2000) |