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THE CAT. 



[CHAP. vi. 



before entering the intestine, and the other enters the duodenum, 

 separately, an inch or more further backwards.* 



The function of the pancreas is to secrete a special fluid, the 

 pancreatic juice, which has in part the nature of saliva, inasmuch as 

 it tends to convert starch into grape sugar. Unlike saliva, however, 

 it has a powerful effect on albuminoid and gelatinoid matters, con- 



Fig. 96. CAT'S LIVER, VIEWED FROM BEHIND. 



R. Right moiety of the liver. 

 L. Its left moiety. 



c. Caudate lobe. 

 cf. Cystic notch. 



d. Duodenum. 

 gb. Gall bladder. 



Ic. Left central lobe. 



II. Left lateral lobe. 



If. Left lateral fissure. 



re. Smaller portiou of righ central lobo. 



rl 2 . Larger portion of right central lobe. 



rl l . Right lateral lobe. 



rf. Right lateral fissure. 



hv. Portal vein. 



s. Spigelian lobe. 



u. Umbilical fissure, 



l>d. Ductus communis choledochus. 



o. Its opening into the duodenum. 



p. Pylorus. 



verting them, as the gastric juice does, into peptones. Besides 

 these actions it also emulsifies fats. 



18. The LIVER is the largest gland in the body, and lies mainly 

 to the right, immediately behind the diaphragm, between it and the 

 stomach, and protected by the cartilages of the ribs. Certain large 



* In some cases a duct has been seen 

 to lead, from the point of junction of the 

 ducts above mentioned, to a small sac, 



serving to retain some of the secretion of 

 the pancreas as the gall-bladder retains 

 that of the liver. 



