_a_, _a_, Ridge; _b_, ventral end; _c_, dorsal end. (After
Ellenberger, in Leisering’s Atlas.)
]
The =gall-bladder= lies in the fossa vesicæ felleæ, between the two
parts of the right central lobe; it does not reach to the ventral border
of the liver. The cystic duct joins the hepatic duct at the lower part
of the portal fissure, forming with it the bile duct (Ductus
choledochus); the latter passes to the right and opens into the
duodenum, about two or three inches (ca. 5 to 8 cm.) from the pylorus.
Of the ligaments, the coronary and right lateral are well developed, but
the left lateral and falciform are small.