TlIK I-YMI'IIA'I'K; svstkm. 



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skill ol" l.li(! (lorsîil ;i-ii(l |)I:iiii}j,r Hurfuces rneci on Uh; w<;l) ;iii(l 

 enclose a very ridi jiiiîistomosis of lymph-capillurios. 



2. Tlic Lyinpli-llciiris. 



'J1ic jVo^- lius two jmJfs of lyni[)li-li('aH,s, one pair nniciioi-, ilie 

 oilier posici'ior. 



A. 1'li(! anterior lymph-hearts (l*'i{^". i7'^')- 'J'Iickc or<4;iiis li(!, 

 one on each sidt;, bcliind the })road tranHverse processes of the third 

 vertol)ra (Miillcsr, J*ani/,/a, Priestl((y), in a deep trianf^'ul;i,r H))ace 

 ionned ]>y the separation ol: th(! fihres of the Af. ■hdcTlranHvttrHarlaK, 

 b(!iw(!(!n the transverse processes ol" tlie third and fourth verte})rae. 

 J']aeh lieart is a rounded sae, sli^litly elon^^ated anteriorly where 



V\'i. nc>. 



Fig. 177. 



,«ïl 



Till! anterior lyiniili-lioaitM, 



lyiiiiih- 



/, 'I'lio loft iinU;rii>r 



lioart. 

 /.«. M. levator HcapuliUJ. 

 A' Uraoliial norvo. 

 t.f. M. trariMvorw) - Hcaimlarfj* 



iriaior. 

 1-4 Vertebra» niiriiborod from 



before ]>iu>kwnr<U. 



The poHtorior Iyiri|ih-lieartn. 



!/l M. gliitîWiiiM. 



ic M. ilio-iM)e<:y^oiiK, 



/, l'o«tcrior lyiiijili-lieart«. 



p M. iiyriforiiiitf. 



r M. reetiiM. 



ve M. vimtiiH extornuH. 



it is connected wilh the HuhKcapui;i,r vein. (1'he lie;ir<,K receive 

 lyni[)li from the anterior part, of the hody and the surrounding' 

 parts, and empty their contents into the vcrtehral vein. J*]ach of 

 these hearts is supplied hy a branch from the second spinal nerve 

 (Volkmann, Eckhard, Schiff, Priestley).] 



H. 'J'he posterior lymph-hearts (V'l'^. lyy) are situated on either 

 side of the iirostyle in the triiin^^iilar sj)aees (MiilJer, l*ani/,/a, 

 Priestley), houiKhjd externally and ahove \>y the A/. f/lulacM, 



