Abstract
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It occupies much of the right hypochondrial region of abdomen. Its left lobe extends across the epigastrium and projects a variable distance into the left hypochondrium. The liver has two major surfaces, a superior or diaphragmatic surface and an inferior or visceral surface. They are separated anteriorly and laterally by a sharply angled inferior margin. The diaphragmatic surface is highly convex, since it is molded by the inferior aspects of the diaphragm.
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Menu, Y., Lencioni, R. (1999). Segmental Anatomy of the Liver. In: Bartolozzi, C., Lencioni, R. (eds) Liver Malignancies. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58641-5_1
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