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It is of a spongy texture and of a reddish or violet color, 

 about 5 inches in length, and weighs 6 ounces. 



FIG. 120. Diagram of a segment of a hepatic lobule : i, i, Interlobular 

 portal vein; 2, central vein; 3, 3, intralobular capillaries; 4, 4, interlobular 

 hepatic artery; 5, 5, ramifications of hepatic artery, contributing to the 

 formation of the intralobular capillaries ; 6, 6, interlobular bile-duct ; 7, 7, 

 its ramifications in the lobule, forming a plexus of intercellular canaliculi ; 

 8, 8, section of biliary canaliculi with their intercellular capillaries; 9, 9, 

 hepatic cells ; 10, 10, interlobular lymphatics, receiving the intralobular 

 lymphatics; n^ II, 12, intralobular connective tissue (Testut). 



Function of the Spleen. The spleen is probably 

 concerned in the preparation of albuminous food for 



