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Glisson's capsule in a pigs liver (100X)

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Pigs liver. Image copyright: University of Oslo, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. (Tissue stain: H+E).

The whole surface of the liver, except for the bare area at the hilus, is covered in a serous coat derived from the peritoneum, and this firmly adheres to the inner Glisson's capsule.