Exploration of liver, gall bladder, pancreas, duodenum and spleen

Interior of gall bladder, bile ducts, close-up view

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Image #146-7

Exploration of liver, gall bladder, pancreas, duodenum and spleen

Interior of gall bladder, bile ducts, close-up view

This close-up view of the dissection shown previously demonstrates the interior of the biliary tract in more detail.

1. Hepatic vein
2. Branch of portal vein
3. Filament of hepatic plexus
4. Cystic artery
5. Muscular layer of gallbladder (external aspect)
6. Muscular layer of gallbladder
7. Infundibulum
8. Body of gallbladder (note plicae tunicae mucosae)
9. Surface of right lobe of liver
10. Right hepatic duct (opened)
11. Left hepatic duct (opened)
12. Hepatic artery (right branch, cut off)
13. Caudate lobe (sectioned)
14. Inferior vena cava (in sulcus of vena cava hepatis)
15. Common hepatic duct
16. Portal vein (cut across)
17. Left pointer: Spiral folds (note other similar folds in cystic duct) Right pointer: Cystic duct (exterior)
18. Neck of gallbladder
19. Confluence of hepatic and cystic ducts
20. Common bile duct