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lir.MAN ANATOMY. 



now in anticipation of the references to peritoneal relations which necessarily follow 

 in the consideration of the organs, to point out that \\\Q parietal and visceral portions 

 of the serous membrane are continuous, the former investing the abdominal walls 

 the latter the organs. The peritoneal folds passing from a viscus to the body -wall 

 have received in many cases the name ligaments, although often such bands con- 

 tribute little support. The intestinal canal was originally attached to the abdominal 

 wall by a fold covering vessels and nerves named the mesentery, parts of which per- 



FIG. 1365. 



Infraclavicular fossa 



Coracoi'l \<\- 



Groove between delto 

 and (>ectoralis ma} 



Aorta 



Right lung 



;.ill-I.Udd 



X-rib cartilage 



I.inra 

 semilunaris 



liiiK 



Anterior superior iliac spine 

 Line <>t I'oupait's ligament 



Suprasternal notch 



Clavicle 

 Sternum 



'Acromion 



Deltoid 



Ensiform cartilage 



Infrasternal 

 *- depression 

 So 



Stomach 



I.iin-a alba 



Lines 



-traiisversa 



lie u in 



Vermiform 

 appendix 



pennatio cord rnictsiinij 

 at external abdominal 

 ring 



Anterior surface of body, drawn from photograph. General relations of thoracic and abdominal organs to body-wall 



an- *linwn by colored outline. 



si>t a> tnc fold>, while others fuse \\ith the abdominal walls. The term nii'saitcrv is 

 \aguely a|)])lifd to that portion iM.in^ to the- jejuno-ileiim, while other parts arc distin- 

 guished by tin- naiiu- ol tin- part of the ink-slim- to which thry arc attaclu'd, as nit'so- 

 fo/i>>t. Tin- term otncntuni is ;i|)plii-d to fMs attaclu-d to tin- stomach, as the gastro- 

 /if/><if/< tn< -nln m. Tin- prriton-al sac is entirely closed, except in the female at the 

 upper end of the oviduct, where the mucous membrane of the tube and the serous 

 lining are directly continuous. The opposed smooth walls of the peritoneal sac are 



