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Human liver (12.5X)

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

What is the difference between human liver and pigs liver?

The human liver has significantly smaller periportal connective tissue. It is therefore much more difficult to see the geometric shapes the liver lobules form.

Published June 27th 2014, updated November 11th 2021.