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Hepatic diverticulum
Liver with the septum transversum. Human embryo 3 mm. long.
Details
Gives rise to	Liver
Identifiers
Latin	diverticulum hepaticum
TE	diverticulum_by_E5.4.6.0.0.0.14 E5.4.6.0.0.0.14
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

The hepatic diverticulum (or liver bud) is a primordial cellular extension of the embryonic foregut endoderm that gives rise to the parenchyma of the liver and the bile duct. It typically differentiates from the endoderm in the third or fourth week of gestation and is reabsorbed in tubular structures of the septum transversum by the eighth week.

References

1. "Hepatic Diverticulum - Medical Definition from MediLexicon". Medilexicon.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
2. Meilstrup, Jon W. "Embryology". Structure. WordPress. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

External links

• "Normal Bile Ducts". Meddean.luc.edu. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
• "Developmental Biology". Cincinnatichildrens.org. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
• "Liver, gall bladder and passages; development and function of the liver". Embryology.ch. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

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