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(1) the gastric artery which runs along the lesser curve from left to right anas- 

 tomosing with the (2) pyloric branch of the hepatic. Along the greater curve 

 run the (3) right and (4) left gastro-epiploic arteries, anastomosing at the 

 middle of the border, the left being a branch of the splenic, the right a branch of 

 the hepatic through the gastro-duodenalis artery. The stomach also receives 

 branches from the splenic (5) vasa brevia at the fundus. The blood of the 

 stomach is returned into the portal vein; the right gastro-epiploic vein opens 

 into the superior mesenteric, the left into the splenic. The lymphatics are 



PLATE CXLIII. 



PHARYNX 

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The Dorsum of the Tongue. 



numerous; they consist of a superficial and deep set which pass through the 

 lymphatic glands forward along the two curvatures of the stomach. 



The stomach has above it,(Plate CXLIX),the Diaphragm,lesser omentum, 

 and the liver; in front, the Diaphragm, the liver, and the anterior abdominal 

 wall; below it, the great omentum, the transverse colon, and the gastros-plenic 

 omentum; behind it, the kidney, suprarenal capsule, pancreas and spleen, which 

 are called the "Big-four," The "Little-four" which are the great vessels, solar 

 transverse meso-colon, and crura of the diaphragm aie also behind it. 



