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ABSORPTION 



tributes to our knowledge of the course taken by the different absorption 

 products. 



Absorption of Proteins from the Intestines. Protein is absorbed 

 chiefly in the small intestine, though just exactly how cannot at present be 



FIG. 281. 



FIG. 282. 



FIG. 281. Superficial Lymphatics of the Forearm and Palm of the Hand, 1. 5, Two 

 small glands at the bend of the arm; 6, radial lymphatic vessels; 7, ulnar lymphatic vessels; 

 8, 8, palmar arch of lymphatics; 9, 9', outer and inner sets of vessels; fc, cephalic vein; d, 

 radial vein; e, median vein;/, ulnar vein. The lymphatics are represented as lying on the 

 deep fascia. (Mascagni.) 



FIG. 282. Lymphatic Vessels of the Head and Neck and the Upper Part of the Trunk. 

 (Mascagni.) . The chest and pericardium have been opened on the left side, and the 

 left mamma detached and thrown outward over the left arm, so as to expose a great part 

 of its deep surface. The principal lymphatic vessels and glands are shown on the side 

 of the head and face, and in the neck, axilla, and mediastinum. Between the left internal 

 jugular vein and the common carotid artery, the upper ascending part of the thoracic duct 

 marked i, and above this, and descending to 2, the arch and last part of the duct. The 

 termination of the upper lymphatics of the diaphragm in the mediastinal glands, as well as 

 the cardiac and the deep mammary lymphatics, is also shown. 



