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Cardiac impression of liver

Impressio cardiaca hepatis

Definition

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The cardiac impression is a depression that lies below the the attachment surface of diaphragm and pericardium, extending into the area nuda and bounded by the inferior vena cava.

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References

This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).

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