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fissure of ligamentum venosum (medicine)


fissure of ligamentum venosum


A deep cleft extending from the porta hepatis and the inferior vena cava between the left lobe and the caudate lobe; it lodges the ligamentum venosum and is thus a vestige of the fossa of the ductus venosus.

Synonym: fissura ligamenti venosi, fissure of venous ligament.