Lobe (anatomy): Difference between revisions

In [[anatomy]], a '''lobe''' is a clear anatomical division or extension<ref>[http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/srchcont_dict.asp?src=lobe lobe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927112541/http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/srchcont_dict.asp?src=lobe |date=2017-09-27 }} at [[eMedicine]] Dictionary</ref> of an [[Organ (anatomy)|organ]] (as seen for example in the [[brain]], [[lung]], [[liver]], or [[kidney]]) that can be determined without the use of a [[microscope]] at the [[gross anatomy]] level. This is in contrast to the much smaller '''lobule''', which is a clear division only visible [[histology|under the microscope]].<ref>[http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/intro/glands.htm#5 SIU SOM Histology GI<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

 

 

==Examples of lobes==