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The mesothelium covering the liver (400X)

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

The liver is an intraperitoneal organ, and is thus covered by the visceral peritoneum. The peritoneum consists of a single-layer squamous epithelium, the mesothelium. There is usually some connective tissue under the epithelium.

Published December 9th 2018, updated September 26th 2021.