Landmark · Visceral systems
Porta hepatis
- System
- Visceral systems
- Regions
- Trunk, Abdomen
- Landmark on
- Liver
DescriptionUnreviewed
The porta hepatis or transverse fissure of the liver is a short but deep fissure, about 5 cm long, extending transversely beneath the left portion of the right lobe of the liver, nearer its posterior surface than its anterior border.
It joins nearly at right angles with the left sagittal fossa, and separates the quadrate lobe in front from the caudate lobe and process behind.
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Names
- Latin
- Porta hepatis
- English
- Porta hepatis
- French
- Porte du foie
- Spanish
- Porta hepática
- Portuguese
- Porta hepatis
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)