porta hepatis

A transverse fissure on the visceral surface of the liver between the caudate & quadrate lobes. The porta hepatis contains: 1) portal vein 2) hepatic artery 3) hepatic nerve complex 4) hepatic ducts 5) lymphatic vessels

Related

hepatic artery (proper) portal vein

General

fissure (cleft) anatomic structure

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995