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I II 



A 



V — 



— Ill 



IV VII VI 



Fig. 25. — External views of stomach showing ossicles. 



A, ossicles of the fully distended stomach viewed from above, all muscles re- 

 moved. 



/. mesocardiac ossicle; //, pterocardiac ossicle; ///, zygocardiac ossicle; IV. 

 exo'pyloric ossicle; V, urocardiac ossicle; VI, propyloric ossicle; III, pyloric 

 ossicle. 



B, ossicles of the posterior wall of stomach and dorsal pyloric region. 



IV, exopyloric ossicle; VI, propyloric ossicle; VII, pyloric ossicle; X/F, 

 anterior nicsopyloric ossicle; A'J', posterior mesopyloric ossicle; A7 7, urpyloric 

 ossicle; XXIV, middle pleuropyloric ossicle; FJ'. pyloric valve. 



C, ventral view of stomach, walls partly collapsed, all muscles removed. 

 ///. zygocardiac ossicle; IX, prepectineal ossicle; A7, inferolateral cardiac 



ossicle; A77/, antero-inferior pyloric ossicle; XVIII, pre-ampullary ossicle; 

 XIX, postero-inferior pyloric ossicle ; XX, anterior supra-ampullary ossicle. 



Amp, ampulla ; CdAl, anterolateral cardiac plates ; CdPI, posterolateral cardiac 

 plates; CpV, cardiopyloric valve; Oc, esophagus. 



