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THE ABSOEBENT VESSELS. 



Fis-. 324. 



Fig. 324. — PriNaPAii L\mpiivtio \Es-iLb a\d GLA^Ds a tue Abdomen and Pelvis 

 (modihed nom ALiscao'ni) \ 



a, the abdominal aorta, the upper part of it having been removed to show the deepest 

 lumbar plexuses of lymphatics ; a', the vena cava inferior ; 6, the right ; c, the left crus 

 of the diaphragm ; d, the right kidney ; e, the suprarenal body ; /, the ureter ; [/, the 

 psoas muscle ; h, the iliacus ; ^-j the lower part of the sacrum within the pelvis ; 1, the 

 commencement of the thoracic duct ; 2, 3, 2, the largest of the lymphatic and lacteal 

 trunks which join the thoracic duct, the hepatic, splenic, gastric, &c. ; 4, the suprarenal 

 lymphatics ; 5, the renal, joining some of the lumbar plexus ; 6, the spermatic ; 7, the 

 lumbar lymphatic vessels and glands ; 7', some of the lymphatics of the loins ; 8, those 

 surrounding the common iliac vessels, and proceeding from the lymphatics of the pelvis 

 and lower limb ; 8', lymphatics of the abdominal wall ; 9, the external iliac ; 10, the 

 internal iliac receiving those from the sacrum, walls of the pelvis, and at 11, and at l; 

 those from the viscera (bladder and rectum) ; 12, Innphatics of the dorsum of the penis 

 passing to those of the groin ; 13, the deep femoral lymphatics and glands. 



