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a, a, a. The different lobes of the lungs, already described, page 259. 

 Its vessels are seen upon its surface. 

 b. The pericardium, or bag which surrounds the heart. 

 c The heart. 

 d,d,d. The colon, already described in plate viii. fig. 5, a, a, a, a. 

 e. The ligamentous bands of the colon, which pucker it into 

 folds. 

 /,/,/,/. The ribs. 



g. The sternum, or breast-bone, removed from its junction witli 

 the ribs, and thrown back to exhibit the contents of the chest 

 beneath. 

 h. The diaphragm, already described, page 270. 

 i,i,i,i. The skin thrown back, to show the contents of the chest. 

 j. One of the small intestines. 

 k. The ensiform, or sabre-shaped cartilage. 

 /, /, /. The neck. 



m. The situation of the trachsea, or windpipe. 



PLATE IX. Fig 2. 



The chief organs represented in this figure are principally 

 hidden by those described in the last figure. 



a. Lobe of the liver. 



b. The stomach, described at page 272. 



c. The omentum, or caul, described at page 277. 

 dy d. The kidneys, described at page 278. 



e. The spleen, described at page 277. 



f. The uterus, or womb, which is a hollow membranous organ, 

 united to the anterior part of the vagina, and in the mare is of 

 a striking and peculiar form. Its body spreads out anteriorly 

 into two horn-like processes. The vagina resembles a bottle, 

 and the uterial portion is like a head and neck. This is in 

 the female which has never been fecundated. But during the 

 period of gestation the womb is almost incredibly augmented 

 in size, and never afterwards resumes either its identical form 

 or virgin state of contraction. 



g, g. The ovaries. These are two egg-shaped bodies, situated a 

 little further forward than the fallopian tubes, within the cavity 

 of the abdomen. They are the female testicles, and are about 

 the siae of walnuts. 



