Medical Definition of Hepatic segments

1. Territories of the liver with independent portobilioarterial distribution or independent venous drainage. The naming of segments in the NA is based upon the portobilioarterial distribution. See: anterior segment, lateral segment, medial segment, posterior segment. Synonym: segmenta hepatis, segments of liver. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hepatic Segments

hepatic function impairment
hepatic infantilism
hepatic insufficiency
hepatic intermittent fever
hepatic laminae
hepatic lobe
hepatic lobule
hepatic lymph nodes
hepatic necrosis
hepatic obstruction
hepatic plexus
hepatic porphyria
hepatic portal system
hepatic portal vein
hepatic prominence
hepatic segments (current term)
hepatic steatosis
hepatic tanager
hepatic triad
hepatic vein
hepatic vein thrombosis
hepatic veins
hepatic veno-occlusive disease
hepatic venous segments
hepatica
hepatical
hepaticas
hepatico-
hepaticodochotomy

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