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craniad several centimeters from the base of the heart. The 

 transparent membrane lining this cavity and investing the 

 lungs is the pleura. 



The caudal part of the celom is the abdominal cavity contain- 

 ing the abdominal viscera, which are here briefly described. 



Fig. 65. — Viscera of the Human Body. (Deaver.) 

 CO, Colon; //, liver; lu, lung; si, small intestine; st, stomach. 



The liver, a large brownish-red organ, is adjacent to the dia- 

 phragm on the right side, while the stomach (Fig. 61) lies close 

 to the diaphragm on the left. The spleen is the dark red, fiat, 

 elongated organ caudad of the stomach on the left side. The 

 sheet of thin transparent tissue more or less laden with 



