The human liver is located on the right side of the abdomen. This article will give you detailed information on the position of the liver in the human body.

The visceral surface or inferior surface of the liver is concave, directed downward, backward, and to the left. Deep fissures and the impressions of the adjacent organs make this surface uneven. These two surfaces join antero-laterally in acute angle forming the inferior margin.

The caudate lobe of the liver is located deep in the liver, in front of the inferior vena cava (IVC) behind the three major hepatic veins, and cranial to the hilar plate.

The liver is your largest internal organ. About the size of a football, it’s located mainly in the upper right portion of your abdomen, beneath the diaphragm and above your stomach.

There are two further ‘accessory’ lobes that arise from the right lobe, and are located on the visceral surface of liver: Caudate lobe – located on the upper aspect of the visceral surface. It lies between the inferior vena cava and a fossa produced by the ligamentum venosum (a remnant of the fetal ductus venosus).

Coronary ligament (anterior and posterior folds) – attaches the superior surface of the liver to the inferior surface of the diaphragm and demarcates the bare area of the liver The anterior and posterior folds unite to form the triangular ligaments on the right and left lobes of the liver.

Subhepatic space – a subdivision of the supracolic compartment (above the transverse mesocolon), this peritoneal space is located between the inferior surface of the liver and the transverse colon. Morison’s pouch – a potential space between the visceral surface of the liver and the right kidney.