1Department of Anatomy, Histology & Embryology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Al Muthanna University, Iraq
2Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, College of Medicine, Al Muthanna University, Iraq
*Correspondant author: Eyhab R. Al-Samawy, E-mail: eyhabrazzaq@mu.edu.iq, Mobile: 009647800088807
Online published on 4 June, 2019.
This study was accomplished to demonstrate the most obvious differences among the hepatic structure of human, rat and rabbit livers. Total of twelve liver specimens of rat and rabbits which were purchased from local slaughter shops in addition to six specimens of human livers from fresh autopsied body of forensic department were studied. The results revealed that the human liver has a thicker capsular structure comparing with those of rats and rabbits and the lobular, interlobular, biliary system, and hepatic cells architecture are also differing in case of human liver comparing with rabbits or rats.
Liver, human, rat, rabbit
