The visceral surface of the liver is covered with visceral peritoneum except in the fossa for the gallbladder and at the porta hepatis (gateway to the liver; Fig. 4.104), and structures related to it include the following (Fig. 4.105): esophagus, right anterior part of the stomach, superior part of the duodenum, lesser omentum, gallbladder, right colic flexure, right transverse colon, right kidney, and right suprarenal gland.