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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: Bone Tissue Regen Insights. 2014 Nov 12;5:25–35. doi: 10.4137/BTRI.S12331

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Basic structure of a liver lobule, each hepatocyte has a basal surface contacting the ECM, an apical surface facing the lumen, and a lateral surface in contact with other cell. Like the heart, the cellular organization and hierarchy is directly relevant to the organ’s function and completely guided by the ECM.67