C h ap. 2 5 Explanation of the Plate of Vtins. a 6 1 



uniting into two or three principal trunks, called vens 

 hepaticae, pour their contents into the vena cava. The 

 vena cava afcendens, having received thefe veins, per- 

 forates the diaphragm and pericardium, and meeting 

 with the fuperior cava, they empty themfelves together 

 into the anterior auricle. 



The veins are reprefented in plate XIII. though not 

 fo perfectly as I could have wiftied. 



aa. Vena cava. 



if. Defcending trunk of the cava. 

 c.c. Afcending trunk of the cava, 

 d.d. Subclavian veins. 



. Vena azygos. 



/. Intercoftal veins. 



g. Mammary veins. 

 i.i. Internal jugulars. 

 /./. External jugulai s. 

 m. Right axillary vein. 



n. Cephalic vein. 



0. Bafilic. 

 q. Phrenic. 



s.s. Emulgents. 

 w.w. Iliac branches. 

 x. Internal ilucs. 



1. Vena facra. 



2. Spermatic veins. 



3. Epigaftric. 



4. Saphena. 



