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<big><center>[[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|'''BACK TO THE LIVER - ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY''']]</center></big>
<big><center>[[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|'''BACK TO THE LIVER - ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY''']]</center></big>
<big><center>[[Avian Digestive Tract - Anatomy & Physiology|'''BACK TO THE AVIAN DIGESTIVE TRACT - ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY''']]</center></big>
<big><center>[[Avian Digestive Tract - Anatomy & Physiology|'''BACK TO THE AVIAN DIGESTIVE TRACT - ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY''']]</center></big>
==Introduction==
Includes development and overview of the system
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==Structure==
*2 lobes
*Dark brown coloured
*Right lobe larger than left lobe
*Ventral and caudal to the heart
*CLosely associated to the proventriculus and spleen
*Thin capsule
*Indistinct lobation
==Function==
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==Vasculature==
*See [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology#Vasculature|liver vasculature]]
==Innervation==
*See [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology#Innervation|liver innervation]]
==Lymphatics==
*See [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology#Lymphatics|liver lymphatics]]
==Histology==
*Polyhedral and angular cells
*Larger cells than in mammals
*Large, spherical nucleus
*Base of cell forms a wall of the sinusoid
*Cell apices communicate with the bile canaliculi
*Granular cytoplasm
*Liver cords form columns around the interlobular bile capillary. The cell arrangement is simpler than in mammals.
*Sinusoids anastamose freely
*Kupfer cells present
*Reticular fibres support the liver cords
*Elastic fibres in the capsule and vessels
==Links==