The porta hepatis is not considered a true hilum because it is not a depression or an opening like other hila in the body. Instead, it is a region on the liver where structures like the hepatic artery, portal vein, and bile duct enter and exit the liver.
The central part of the liver, where common hepatic duct, hepatic artery and portal vein enter into the liver is called Hepatic hilum or porta hepatis. It is also the most common site of cholangiocarcinoma or Klatskin Tumour of bile duct.
Hepatic vein
Visceral surface of the liver where the portal vein & hepatic vein meet
enlarged lymph nodes (portahepatis)may be due to:- 1)inflammatory due to chronic cholicystitis. 2)neoplastic (abdominal lymphoma) 3)as a metastasis due to adenocarcinoma of the stomach.
Hila is the plural of hilum
hilum is the scar on the seed coat.
The plural form of the noun 'hilum' is hila.
Hilum is accented on the first syllable.
The plural of hilum is hila
The duration of Porta a Porta is 1.83 hours.
icd 9 code for hilum
Porta a Porta was created on 1996-01-22.