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Liver, gallbladder and pancreas in 3D

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Explore the liver with its segments, the gallbladder and the pancreas, together with the portal vein, hepatic artery, hepatic veins and bile ducts the dataset provides.

Beta

Interactive 3D atlas

Loads about 9 MB of 3D data the first time. Works best on a laptop or a recent phone.

Study the liver, gallbladder and pancreas in 3D

Explore the liver with its segments, the gallbladder and the pancreas, together with the portal vein, hepatic artery, hepatic veins and bile ducts the dataset provides.

Turn and zoom

Drag to rotate, scroll or pinch to zoom, and tap any part to see its name and explanation.

Labels and standard views

Switch labels on or off and jump to front, back, side, top and bottom views, with an orientation cube.

Section cuts

Cut through the structure in transverse, coronal or sagittal planes and slide the cut through it.

Explode and see-through

Pull the parts apart, or make the outer layers faint to see what is inside.

Guided tour

Follow the "Blood and bile" tour one step at a time, or press Play and let the camera fly to each part.

Parts in this model

85 named parts, each with the FMA identifier the dataset gives it. Tap a group in the app to show or hide it.

  • Liver segments10
  • Portal veins18
  • Hepatic arteries16
  • Hepatic veins17
  • Bile ducts16
  • Gallbladder1
  • Pancreas1
  • Parenchyma of pancreas (same surface)1
  • Pancreatic duct tree1
  • Pancreatic duct (overlaps duct tree)1
  • Duodenum (context)1
  • Inferior vena cava (context)2

Guided tour: Blood and bile (7 steps)

Each step highlights the parts it talks about. The sentence is quoted word for word from OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e.

  1. 1. Hepatic portal vein

    The porta hepatis (“gate to the liver”) is where the hepatic artery and hepatic portal vein enter the liver.
    OpenStax, 23.6 The Liver

  2. 2. Hepatic arteries

    A hepatic sinusoid is an open, porous blood space formed by fenestrated capillaries from nutrient-rich hepatic portal veins and oxygen-rich hepatic arteries.
    OpenStax, 23.6 Histology

  3. 3. Hepatic veins to the inferior vena cava

    Blood then flows through a hepatic vein into the inferior vena cava.
    OpenStax, 23.6 Histology

  4. 4. Bile ducts

    The bile ducts unite to form the larger right and left hepatic ducts, which themselves merge and exit the liver as the common hepatic duct.
    OpenStax, 23.6 Histology

  5. 5. Cystic duct and gallbladder

    This duct then joins with the cystic duct from the gallbladder, forming the common bile duct through which bile flows into the small intestine.
    OpenStax, 23.6 Histology

  6. 6. Pancreatic duct

    The larger duct fuses with the common bile duct (carrying bile from the liver and gallbladder) just before entering the duodenum via a common opening (the hepatopancreatic ampulla).
    OpenStax, 23.6 The Pancreas

  7. 7. Into the duodenum

    This ampulla opens into the duodenum at a tiny volcano-shaped structure called the major duodenal papilla.
    OpenStax, 23.5 Structure

What this model does not show

The common bile duct, the hepatopancreatic ampulla and the ligaments are not in the dataset. The textbook describes the liver by lobes, not the numbered segments the model uses.

Where the data or the textbook has a gap, the atlas says so instead of filling it in.

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Questions

What can I see in the liver, gallbladder and pancreas model?

The model has 85 named parts in 12 groups: Liver segments, Portal veins, Hepatic arteries, Hepatic veins, Bile ducts, Gallbladder, Pancreas, Parenchyma of pancreas (same surface) and 4 more groups.

What is the "Blood and bile" tour?

It is a guided tour of 7 steps. Each step highlights the parts it describes and shows a sentence quoted from OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e. Press Play to let the camera fly to each step for you.

What is missing from the liver, gallbladder and pancreas model?

The common bile duct, the hepatopancreatic ampulla and the ligaments are not in the dataset. The textbook describes the liver by lobes, not the numbered segments the model uses.

Where does the information come from?

The 3D shapes come from the BodyParts3D dataset (and, for the female pelvic region, the Human Reference Atlas). Every explanation is a sentence quoted word for word from the open textbook OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, with a link to its section.

Can I use it to diagnose or treat anything?

No. The atlas is for learning only. It is a beta version and has not yet been reviewed by an anatomy educator.

Credits and disclaimer

For learning only, not for diagnosis or treatment. This is a beta version and it has not yet been reviewed by an anatomy educator.

BodyParts3D, © The Database Center for Life Science licensed under CC Attribution 4.0 International. Text quoted from OpenStax, Anatomy and Physiology 2e, © Rice University, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Female pelvic region from the Human Reference Atlas (HuBMAP), CC BY 4.0.

This tool is free, non-commercial and made for education. It has no ads and no paid features.

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