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THE CAT. 



[chap. VI 



left. It is somewhat pear-shaped, but sharply bent upon itself. Its 

 left and much larger end (c), is called the cardiac end, or cardia 

 (because it is the nearer to the heart), and it is towards this end 



B 



Fig. 91. — Vertical Transverse 

 Section of the Coats of a Pig's 

 Stomach, magnified 30 diameters. 



a. Gastric glands. 



h. Dee]ier layor of mucous membraiie. 



c. Suli-iiiucous or areolar coat. 



d. Circular muscular layer. 



c. Longituiliiial muscular layer. 

 /. Serous coat. 



Fig. 92.— Gastric Glands from the Doo's Stomach, 



HIGHLY MAGNIFIED. 



A. Portions of a simple tubular " Peptic" gland. 



1. Neck of the gland. 



2. Fundus. 



3. Transverse section. 

 p. Peptic cells. 



h. Central cells. 



c. Ends of columnar cells. 



B. A gland of more complex shape. 



m. Mouth. 



11 . Neck. 



tr. A deep portion cut transversely. 



that the oesophagus {oe) opens into the stomach. Its opposite end is 

 called the 2)y/orH.s (p), and is directly continuous with the intestine, 

 the aperture by which the stomach opens into the latter being called 

 the p//loric orifice. . 



Its deeply concave surface between the oesophagus and pylorus is 



