Fig. 4. Schematic representation of the marginal artery from the left hepatic artery: an anterolateral view of the liver corresponding to sagittal sections shown in the current study. A2–A8 indicates arteries to segments I-VIII, respectively. The caudate lobe (segments I and IX) is not drawn in the figure because of the posterior location along the inferior vena cava. The marginal artery originates from the left hepatic artery (LHA), runs anteriorly along the umbilical vein (UV) and divides into (1) the umbilical branch to the abdominal wall near the umbilicus and (2) the parenchymal branch to the anterior surface of the segment III. RHA, right hepatic artery.
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