Development of the liver
The liver develops from several structures:
The hepatic diverticulum is a ventral outgrowth
from the caudal foregut. This expands into the mesodermally-derived
septum transversum and ventral mesogastrium. As the developing
liver expands it grows into the ventral mesogastrium dividing
it into lesser omentum and the falciform ligament.
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