Liver - left lobe
Lobus hepatis sinister
DigestiveOrgansAbdomen
- What it is
- Thinner, flattened lobe to the left of the falciform ligament, lying over the front of the stomach and reaching into the left upper abdomen under the heart.
- Function
- Hepatocytes make bile, process nutrients arriving in the portal vein, store glycogen and vitamins, build plasma proteins such as albumin and clotting factors, and detoxify drugs and ammonia.
- Size
- About 2-3 cm thick, reaching about 8 cm left of the midline.
- Clinical note
- Its left lateral segments (II and III) are the part most often donated by a living adult for a liver transplant into a child.