Sublingual 

 Submaxillary 



Parotid gland 



Esophagus 



Liver 



Opening of 



ducts from 



liver and 



pancreas 



Gall bladder 



Opening to 



large 



intestine 



Appendix 



Stomach 



Pancreas 



Large 

 intestine 



Small 

 intestine 



Rectum 



THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM IN MAN 



of the contents of the stomach become in time changed to the consistency 

 of a rather thick pea soup, and all pass on into the intestine. 



The Bowles, or Intestines' Among the vertebrates the gut has two dis- 

 tinct divisions. The first is called the small intest'uie, and in adult human 

 beings it is about one inch in diameter and about twenty-four or twenty-five 

 feet long. It opens rather abruptly into the large intestine, which is about 



iSee No. 7, p. 183. 

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