lobe (anatomy)

{{short description|Clear anatomical division of an organ visible with naked eyes}}{{other|Lobe (disambiguation)}}

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| Name = Lobes

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| Image = Sobo 1906 389.png

| Caption = Visceral surface of the liver showing the four lobes

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In anatomy, a lobe is a clear anatomical division or extension{{cite web |title=Types of lobes |url=http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/srchcont_dict.asp?src=lobe |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927112541/http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/srchcont_dict.asp?src=lobe |archive-date=27 September 2017 |website=eMedicine Dictionary}} of an 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 under the microscope.{{Cite web |title=Histology of Glands |url=https://histology.siu.edu/intro/glands.htm#5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425052247/https://histology.siu.edu/intro/glands.htm#5 |archive-date=25 April 2022 |access-date=25 April 2022 |website= |publisher=Southern Illinois University (SIU), Carbondale, Illinois}}

Interlobar ducts connect lobes and interlobular ducts connect lobules.