‘LYMPHATIC GLANDS: AND VESSELS OF THE ABDOMEN. 871 
from the glands of the lower extremities, as well as some of the efferent vessels 
from the visceral glands, and a few vessels which pass directly to them from 
_ the walls of the ; 
viscera. mine | 
(1) The vis- Pri 
ceral glands in- 
clude the follow- 
ing :— 
Gastric Glands. 
—These le along 
the borders of the , 
stomach in the 
gastro - hepatic 
(lymphoglandule 
gastricee = super- 
lores), the gastro- 
colic (lympho- 
olandule gastric 
inferiores), and 
the gastro-splenic 
omenta; they 
receive afferent 
vessels from the 
walls of the 
stomach, and they 
give off efferent 
vessels which ter- 
minate in the 
eceliac glands. 
ihieievetterenits 
which issue from 
the glands along 
the small curva- 
ture follow the 
branches of the 
coronary artery, 
those from the 
glands along the 
lower part of the 
great curvature 
accompany the 
right  gastro- 
epiploic artery, 
and the efferents 
from the glands | 
along the left part \ 
of the great Cur Fic. 596.—DrEP LyMPHATIC GLANDS AND VESSELS OF THE THORAX AND 
vature, running ABDOMEN (diagrammatic). 
by the sides of the — Lateral lymphatics are coloured black, and mesial red. Afferent vessels are repre- 
gastric branches sented by continuous lines, and efferent and interglandular vessels by dotted lines. 
of the splenic C. Common iliac glands. M. Mediastinal glands and vessels. 
ates E C.I. Common intestinal trunk. P.A. Pre-aortie glands and vessels. 
a ceey aes back D.C. Deep cervical glands. R.C. Receptaculum chylii. 
wards throu gh E.I. External iliac glands. R.L.D. Right lymphatic duct. 
the gastro-splenic Me: Intercostal glands and vessels. S. Sacral glands. 
omentum to the I.1. Internal iliac glands. S.A. Scalenus anticus muscle. 
: L. Lumbar glands. T.D. Thoracic duct, 
halinstlofie the 
spleen, where they join the splenic lymphatics, with which they pass through the 
lieno-renal ligament to the cceliac glands. 
The splenic glands lie near the hilus of the spleen in relation with the tail 
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