ABSTRACT
The liver is the largest organ in the body, weighing 1.7 kg in the average 80-kg man. It sits in the right upper quadrant beneath the diaphragm, and is protected by the rib cage. The liver parenchyma is entirely covered by a thin capsule (Glisson’s capsule) and by visceral peritoneum on all but the posterior surface of the liver, termed the ‘bare area’. The liver is divided into a large right lobe, which constitute
