Cardiac impression of liver
Impressio cardiaca hepatis
- Related terms: Cardiac impression; Diaphragmatic surface - Cardiac impression
Definition
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.
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/).
