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hepatic lobes

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lobe (lōb)
1. a more or less well-defined portion of an organ or gland.
2. one of the main divisions of a tooth crown.lo´bar

caudate lobe  a small lobe of the liver between the inferior vena cava and the left lobe.
ear lobe  the lower fleshy part of the external ear.
frontal lobe  the rostral (anterior) portion of the cerebral hemisphere.
hepatic lobes  the lobes of the liver, designated the right and left and the caudate and quadrate.
insular lobe  insula.
occipital lobe  the most posterior portion of the cerebral hemisphere, forming a small part of its dorsolateral surface.
parietal lobe  the upper central portion of the cerebral hemisphere, between the frontal and occipital lobes, and above the temporal lobe.
polyalveolar lobe  a congenital disorder characterized in early infancy by far more than the normal number of alveoli in the lung lobes; thereafter, normal multiplication of alveoli does not take place and they become enlarged, i.e., emphysematous.
quadrate lobe 
2. a small lobe of the liver, between the gallbladder on the right, and the left lobe.
spigelian lobe  caudate l. of liver.
temporal lobe  the lower lateral lobe of the cerebral hemisphere.

hepatic lobes
Etymology: Gk, hēpar, liver, lobos, lobes
the large divisions of the liver: caudate, quadrate, left, and right.


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