Embryology and Gross Morphology

Hepatic diverticulum from endodermal lining of foregut during 3rd to 4th week of gestation

Scattered mesenchymal cells derived from septum transversum

Ductal Plate with Extramedullary Hematopoiesis

Weighs 1,400-1,600 g (1/50) in adult (Compared with 1/20 in the newborn)

10 x 12-15 x 15-20 cm in size

There are 4 lobes : right, left, caudate and quadrate.

Subsegments according to arterial and portal blood supply and bile drainage is more important

Gross Morphology : Superior and Inferior View

Liver Histology for Pathologists

Summarized By Thirayost Nimmanon

สรุปโดย ธีรยสถ์ นิมมานนท์

ปรับปรุงครั้งล่าสุด 15/06/2010