Hepatic cells and bile capillaries, from the liver of a child three months old. Both figures represent fragments of a section carried through the periphery of a lobule. The red corpuscles of the blood are recognized by their circular contour; vp, corresponds to an interlobular vein in immediate proximity with which are the epithelial cells of the biliary ducts, to which , at the lower part of the figures, the much larger hepatic cells suddenly succeed.

Hepatic Cells and Bile Capilaries

Hepatic cells and bile capillaries, from the liver of a child three months old. Both figures represent…

Diagram to illustrate the arrangement of the blood vessels (on right) within the lobule of the liver. The first diagram shows the interlobular veins running around the outerside of the lobule, and sending their capillaries into the lobule to join the central radiation to the periphery of the lobule, where they can join the interlobular bile ducts.

Structure of Liver

Diagram to illustrate the arrangement of the blood vessels (on right) within the lobule of the liver.…