Anatomical Rudiments 



The tongue is small as compared with that of the 

 ox. The gullet begins at the pharynx and has, 

 on each side of it, a pouch. These are the 

 gutteral pouches. The gullet is long, but has a 

 very small opening into the stomach, and enters 

 the latter in a peculiar manner. The stomach 

 is composed of 3 coats and is small, having a 

 capacity of between 3 and 4 gallons, but the small 

 size of this organ is compensated for by the large 

 size and capacity of the intestines, which are 

 divided into large and small portions. The small 

 gut begins at the outlet of the stomach and ends 

 in the blind gut or caecum, its entrance into which 

 is guarded by a valve. The large gut comprises 

 the caecum, the double colon, the single or floating 

 colon, and the rectum or straight gut. The total 

 capacity of the large gut is about 20 gallons, and 

 the small one 12 gallons. 



The liver is large and its chief function is to 

 secrete bile and act as a storehouse for starch. 

 The spleen (or milt) is about 3 \ lbs. weight 

 and is attached to the stomach. The pancreas 

 (or sweetbread) is one of the principal organs 

 concerned in digestion. The thoracic-duct is a 

 large absorbent vessel situated in the chest and 

 begins under the loins. The kidneys are large 

 and situated beneath the loins. They secrete 

 the urine, from which it passes by the ureters to 

 the bladder, and from the latter by the urethra to 

 without. The female generative organs com- 



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