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THE ANATOMY OF THE HOUSE 



caecum, whicli is about four feet long, and ternuiiatcs in a point, the wlii)le 

 being compared to a jelly-bag, and forming a reservoir, where the watery 

 particles of the food are absorbed, leaving the fsecal matter in a compara- 

 tively solid state. Indeed this gut at once receives nearly all the water 

 which is swallowed, it passing through the stomach and intestines without 



Fio. 78.— TuE Laiioe: and Small Istestixe3, df.tached. 



1. The duodenum, with its cul de sac removed. 



2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. The convolutions of the jejunum 



and ileum. 



3. 8. The niosentery. 



4. The apex of the ca?cum. 



5. Its body. 



6. 6. Commencement of colon. 



7. 7. Transverse colon. 



8. Tonnin.-il portion of the colon. 



9. Rectum. 



a. a. Muscular Kinds of colon. 



any delay, when of course, as this sac has only one opening, it must 

 alternately receive and disgorge its contents, the valve at the entrance of 

 the ileum preventing its retui-n into the small intestine. The c;ecum 

 occupies the right flank, and takes an obliipie direction from above down- 

 wards and forwards. 



The colox e.vtends from the ileo-ca;cal valve, occupying the right flank, 

 in an elliptical direction to the left flank, where it ends in the rectum, and 

 thus ends very near the point where it began, after traversing nearly the 

 whole abdominal cavity. It is of such an enormous capacity that it will 



