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SPLANCHNOLOGY 



surface of the liver, and a narrow but somewhat variable area near the medial 

 border is in contact with the descending part of the duodenum. The lower part of 



Great splanchnic 



nerve piercing 



cms. 



Semilunar 

 ganglion. 



Receptaculum 



c ft l ' Great splanchnic 



nerve piercing 

 crus. 



Semilunar 

 ganglion. 



inglion. 



FIG. 1120. The relations of the viscera and large vessels of the abdomen. (Seen from behind, the last thoracic 



vertebra being well raised.) 



the anterior surface is in contact laterally with the right colic flexure, and medially, 

 as a rule, with the small intestine. The areas in relation with the liver and small 



