The bare area of the liver is still covered by Glisson's capsule, the fibrous capsule that sheathes the entire liver.

The bare area of the liver is clinically important because it represents a site where infection can spread from the abdominal cavity to the thoracic cavity.

As such, between the two layers of the coronary ligament lies the bare area of the liver, and is attached to the diaphragm by areolar tissue.

The bare area of the liver (nonperitoneal area) is a large triangular surface of the liver devoid of peritoneal covering.

The diaphragmatic surface of the liver that is in direct contact with the diaphragm (just beyond the peritoneal reflections) has no peritoneal covering, and is termed the bare area of the liver.

The anterior layer of the coronary ligament is formed by the reflection of the peritoneum from the upper margin of the bare area of the liver to the under surface of the diaphragm.