Landmark · Visceral systems
Left lobe of liver
Lobus sinister hepatis
- System
- Visceral systems
- Regions
- Trunk, Abdomen
- Landmark on
- Liver
DescriptionUnreviewed
The left lobe is smaller and more flattened than the right.
It is situated in the epigastric, and left hypochondriac regions of the abdomen.
Its upper surface is slightly convex and is moulded on to the diaphragm; its under surface presents the gastric impression and omental tuberosity.
Segments II and III lie medial to the falciform ligament with II superior to the portal venous supply and III inferior.
Segment IV lies lateral to the falciform ligament and is subdivided into IVa (superior) and IVb (inferior).
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Names
- Latin
- Lobus sinister hepatis
- English
- Left lobe of liver
- French
- Lobe hépatique gauche
- Spanish
- Lóbulo izquierdo del hígado
- Portuguese
- Lobo esquerdo do fígado
In the same group
- Anterior lateral segment of liver (VI)
- Anterior medial segment of liver (V)
- Left anterior lateral segment of liver (III)
- Left medial segment of liver (IV)
- Left posterior lateral segment of liver (II)
- Posterior lateral segment of liver (VII)
- Posterior medial segment of liver (VIII)
- Posterior segment of liver (I)