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THE CAT. 



[chap. yi. 



before entering tlie intestine, and the other enters the duodenum, 

 separately, an inch or more further backwards.* 



The function of the pancreas is to secrete a special fluid, the 

 pancreatic juice, which has in part the nature of saliva, inasmuch as 

 it tends to convert starch into grape sugar. Unlike saliva, however, 

 it has a powerful effect on albuminoid and gelatinoid matters, con- 



it 



Fig. 9C.— Cat's Liver, viewed from BEni>fP. 



Ti. Right moiety of the livt-v. 



L. Its left luoiL'ty. 



('. Caudatu lolir. 



t/. Cystic n(jtcli. 



d. Duoilemiiii. 



gh. Gall bladder. 



7c. Left central lobe. 



II. Left Literal lobe. 



If. Left lateral fissure. 



rc. Suiallcr ijurtiou of righ central lobe. 



W. Larger portion of right central lobe. 



rlK Uight lateral lobe. 



?•/. Riglit lateral lissure. 



kv. Portal vein. 



». Spigelian lobe. 



V. Umbilical fissurei 



hd. Ductus communis clioledochus. 



0. lis opening into the duodenum. 



'p. Pyloius. 



verting them, as the gastric juice does, into peptones. Besides 

 these actions it also emulsifies fats. 



§ 18. The LIVER is the largest gland in the body, and lies mainly 

 to the right, immediately behind the diaphragm, between it and the 

 stomach, and protected by the cartilages of the ribs. Certain large 



* In some cases a duct lias been seen 

 to lead, from the point of junction of the 

 ducts above mentioned, to a small .sac, 



serving to retain some of the secretion of 

 tlie pancreas as the gall-bladder retains 

 that of the liver. 



