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===Caudate lobe===
Segment {{rn|I}} is the caudate lobe and is situated posterior lposteriorly. It may receive its supply from both the right and the left branches of portal vein. It contains one or more hepatic veins which drain directly into the [[inferior vena cava]] (IVC).<ref name="radiopaedia.org"/>
 
The [[caudate lobe]] is a separate structure which receives blood flow from both the right- and left-sided vascular branches.<ref name="3d">{{cite web |url=http://dpi.radiology.uiowa.edu/nlm/app/livertoc/liver/liver.html |title=Three-dimensional Anatomy of the Couinaud Liver Segments |accessdate=2009-02-17}}</ref><ref name="strunk">{{cite journal |last1=Strunk |first1=H. |last2=Stuckmann |first2=G. |last3=Textor |first3=J. |last4=Willinek |first4=W. |title=Limitations and pitfalls of Couinaud's segmentation of the liver in transaxial Imaging |journal=European Radiology |volume=13 |issue=11 |pages=2472–82 |year=2003 |pmid=12728331 |doi=10.1007/s00330-003-1885-9 }}</ref>