الوصف العياني و التركيب النسجي لكبد طائر الدرة Melopsittacus undulates

Abstract EN

Morphological description and histological structure of the liver have been studied in Durra bird Melopsittacus undulatus.

The liver is a bilobed organ , the left lobe with three secondary lobes and slightly larger than the right lobe which is elliptical in shape.

Liver is surrounded by a capsule that consists of thin layer of connective tissue with no distinction between interlobular septa .

The parenchyma tissue consists of hepatic cells arranged with thickness 2_1 cell.

Portal area appears within the liver parenchyma tissue composed of hepatic artery, portal vein and bile duct and supported by connective tissue.

A gallbladder was not noticed in this species.