What Is Porta Hepatis?
The Porta Hepatis, or Hilum of the Liver, Is a Deep, Short, Transverse Fissure That Passes Across the Left Posterior Aspect of the Undersurface of the Right...
The porta hepatis, or hilum of the liver, is a deep, short, transverse fissure that passes across the left posterior aspect of the undersurface of the right lobe of the liver. It separates the caudate lobe and process from the quadrate lobe and meets the left sagittal fossa perpendicularly (1).
What do you mean by porta hepatis?
The porta hepatis is a deep fissure in the inferior surface of the liver through which all the neurovascular structures (except hepatic veins) and hepatic ducts enter or leave the liver 1. It runs in the hepatoduodenal ligament and contains: right and left hepatic ducts.
What passes porta hepatis?
The porta hepatis isthe hilum of the liver through which the hepatic arteries, portal veins, bile ducts, nerves, and lymphatics pass (Figure 1). The portal structures pass into the retroperitoneum through the HDL which isthe right portion or free edge of the lesser omentum (1) (Figure 2).
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