22 MUSCLES OF (‘THE ABDOMEN 
Fig. 2, It opens into the duodenum about an inch 
below the pylorus. The duct leading directly from 
the gall-bladder is known as the cys¢zc duct. In the 
dog it is very short. 
L. CENTRAL. 
L. LATERAL 
L. LATERAL 
SPIGELIAN 
CAUDATE 
AND R LATERAL 
Fic, 2. DIAGRAM OF THE BILE-DUCT AND ITS BRANCHES. 
CC THE YVORINAR SV GSAS BEM. 
Remove the liver, spleen, and intestines from the 
abdomen, taking care not to disturb the reproductive 
or the urinary organs. In removing the liver tt 
well prove most conventent to double-ligature the large 
wnferror cava above and below the liver, and cut be- 
tween the ligatures. In removing the intestines double- 
ligature the rectum as near the anus as possible, and 
cut between the ligatures. 
i. The Kidneys fare. a pair of dark-red “oval 
bodies lying against the dorsal wall of the abdomen, 
outside of the peritoneum. Each is usually im- 
bedded in fat. If this is carefully removed, the Az/us 
will be exposed as a notch on the inner border where 
the blood-vessels and ureter enter the kidney. 
