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Journal of Agricnliure. 



I 8 Xov. , 1907. 



THE ELEMEOTS OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY. 



W . A. Osborne, M.B., D.Sc, Professor of Physiology and Histology, 

 Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture in tlic University of Melbourne. 



{Continued from page SQJ ■) 



CHAPTER X. 



Digestion and Absorption. 



The alimentary canal can be regarded simply as a tube which passes 

 through the animal from mouth to anus. As the length of this tube is 



Fig. 42. Abdominul Portion of Human Alimentary Canal. (After E'llenber^er.) 

 8. Termination of oesophaj^'us. 9. Fundus. 10. Pylorus. 11. Duodenum. 12 to 



13. Small intestine. 14. Ca?cum. 15. Vermiform Appendix. 16, 17, 18, and iq. 



Colon. 20. Rectum. 



always greater than the length of the jinimal, it follows that the tube 

 in some part of its course is coiled. The length, relative and absolute 



