PORTA HEPATIS

 The porta hepatis is 2 in. long , situated on the inferior surface of the right lobe of the liver.
The portal vein, the hepatic artery and the hepatic plexus of nerves enter the liver through the porta hepatis while the right and left hepatic ducts and a few lymphatics leave it. The relations within the portahepatis are (from behind forwards) the portal vein, the hepatic artery and the bile ducts