THE ESOPHAGUS 



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vertebra, a distance of 9 or 10 inches, and from the 

 incisor teeth to the beginning of the esophagus is 

 about 6 inches; th\is making the distance from the 



FIG. 99 



FIRST THORA- 

 CIC VERTEBRA 



FWELFTH THORA 

 CIC VERTE 



Esophagus and stomach in their natural relations to the vertebral 

 column and the aorta. (Testut.) 



