right lobe of liver in dogs

The right lobe is much larger than the left; the proportion between them being as six to one. It occupies the right hypochondrium, and is separated from the left lobe on its upper surface by the falciform ligament; on its under and posterior surfaces by the left sagittal fossa; and in front by the umbilical notch. It is of a somewhat quadrilateral form, its under and posterior surfaces being marked by three fossæ: the porta and the fossæ for the gall-bladder and inferior vena cava, which separate its left part into two smaller lobes; the quadrate and caudate lobes. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the right lobe of liver is

The right lobe is much larger than the left; the proportion between them being as six to one. It occupies the right hypochondrium, and is separated from the left lobe on its upper surface by the falciform ligament; on its under and posterior surfaces by the left sagittal fossa; and in front by the umbilical notch. It is of a somewhat quadrilateral form, its under and posterior surfaces being marked by three fossæ: the porta and the fossæ for the gall-bladder and inferior vena cava, which separate its left part into two smaller lobes; the quadrate and caudate lobes. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the right lobe of liver is

It sits in the abdomen and trunk, within the digestive and endocrine systems. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.

What the right lobe of liver connects to

The atlas records 8 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. a kind of lobe of liver.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the right lobe of liver. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as liver right lobe, lobus hepaticus dexter, right liver lobe, 2nd lobe, gall bladder lobe and lobus hepatis dexter, and 2 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001114, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• A kind of: lobe of liver.
• contains: bare area of liver, right hepatic artery and right hepatic vein.
• subtype: caudate lobe of liver and quadrate lobe of liver.
• paired with: left lobe of liver.
• Continuous with: right hepatic duct.

Questions

Where is the right lobe of liver?

It sits in the abdomen and trunk, within the digestive and endocrine systems. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.

What does the right lobe of liver connect to?

A kind of: lobe of liver.

Is the right lobe of liver the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.