AUSTRALIAN PHALANGERS. 



The other lower, or dorsal, portion is a much finer strand, 

 and is traced above the root of the mesentery, being in 

 relation with the dorsal wall. The pancreas is greatly 

 increased in amount on the left, and is prolonged outside 

 the lesser sac in relation to the inner surface of the lesser 

 process of the spleen, being traceable across the kidney 

 to its outer side. This portion is on the lieno-mesocolic 

 ligament, which has receded compared with Trichosurus, 

 and brings into relationship the mesocolon, omental sac, 

 spleen, pancreas and kidney. The point is that the greater 

 part of the pancreas in Pseudochirus is within the lesser 

 sac. 



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