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What is the afferent blood supply to the liver?
Common hepatic artery (from celiac trunk) - 25%

Hepatic portal vein - 75%
What are the lobes of the liver?
Right

Left

Quadrate (anterior, with gallbladder)

Caudate (posterior, with IVC)
What is the porta hepatis?
Triad of structures entering/leaving the liver
- Common bile duct
- Hepatic artery
- Hepatic portal vein
From what embryonic structure does the liver develop?
The hepatic diverticulum
- Ventral outgrowth of the endoderm at the primitive gut
What are the two major venous systems in the abdomen and how do they transport blood?
Systemic venous system:
- Carries blood from the liver to the IVC

Portal venous system:
- Carries blood from the GI tract to the liver
Into what does the splenic vein drain?
Portal vein