An oncologist is reviewing a CT scan of a 74-year-old man with newly diagnosed hepatocellular carcinoma. He locates the affected quadrate lobe of the liver that:
Lies between the IVC and ligamentum venosum
Receives blood from the right hepatic aery
Drains bile into the left hepatic duct
Is a medial superior segment
QUADRATE LOBE: Quadrangular lobe, present behind 4b, not seen anteriorly. It lies between the gallbladder fossa and the ligamentum teres hepatis, a medial inferior segment, and is a pa of the left lobe. The quadrate lobe of the liver drains bile into the left hepatic duct and receives blood from the left hepatic aery.
Liver