BOTANIC PHYSICIAN. 
re ieicalled the thierh vein, receives several muscular branches, 
_ passes under Poupart’s ligament into the cavity of the pelvis, wh 
it is called the Setipial: j flank vein. 
_ The arteries which are distributed about the pelvis evacuate dl 
ood into the external pile veins, the lower belly veins, the 
secret veins, the great vein of the. penis, and hardener veins, all. 
which unite im the pelvis, and form the internal flank vein. 
‘The external flank vein receives the blood from the external 
ndal veins, and then unites with the internal flank at the last ve 
“tebre of the loins, and form the Lower CAVE vein, which ascends 0 
the right side of the spine, receiving the blood from the sacred loi 
right spermatic veins, and the liver cave vein; and arriving at thi ; 
midriff, it passes through the right hole, and enters the right auricle 
of the heart ; into. abe it evacuates + all the blood from the abay 
is fave CAVE VEIN. 
a great vein which carries the blood from the abdominal viscera m 
the substance of the liver. ‘The trunk of this vein, about the 
ure of the liver in which it is situated, is divided ite: liver and ab 
| ns. The abdominal portion is composed of spleen, be 
_ sentery, and internal pile veins. These three branches carry all 
blood from the stomach , Spleen, pancreas, caul, mesentery, alba 
der, and_the small d Jar, testines, into the canal of the gat 
venters the substance of th 
: the bile, a 
pertiaous blood passes into the corresponding branches of 
cave vein. 
-THE ACTION OF THE VEINS. 
ind do not pulsate ; the blood which they receive from the’ arte 
ries flows through them very slowly, and is conveyed to the ri 
of the heart by the contractility of their coats, the pressu 
eries, the contraction of the muscles, 
from going backw a8 i th db 
Which where are a great number. me 
OF THE ABSORBENTS. 
bsorbents are very thin and pellucid vessels, which 
: ‘of the bod “si sea applied to the 
into milky and lymph ; 
intestinal membrane, | 
