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A '''liver segment''' is one of eight segments of the liver as described in the widely used [[Claude Couinaud|Couinaud classification]] (named after [[Claude Couinaud]]) in the [[anatomy]] of the [[liver]]. This system divides the [[lobes of liver|lobes of the liver]] into eight segments based on a [[transverse plane]] through the [[wikt:bifurcation|bifurcation]] of the main [[portal vein]],<ref name="radiopaedia.org">{{cite web|url=http://radiopaedia.org/articles/couinaud-classification |title=Couinaud classification &#124; Radiology Reference Article |publisher=Radiopaedia.org |accessdate=2015-06-26}}</ref>, arranged in a clockwise manner starting from the caudate lobe.

==Couinaud segments==