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DIGESTION 245 



Food '. ib. 



Starvation 250 



PASSAGE OF FOOD THROUGH THE ALIMENTARY CANAL . . 256 



The Salivary Glands and the Saliva .... ib. 



Passage of Food into the Stomach 263 



DIGESTION OF FOOD IN THE STOMACH ..... 265 



Structure of the Stomach ib. 



Secretion and Properties of the Gastric Fluid . . . 271 



Changes of the Food in the Stomach 280 



Movements of the Stomach 287 



Influence of the Nervous System on Gastric Digestion . 291 



Digestion of the Stomach after Death .... 294 



DIGESTION IN THE INTESTINES . . . . . . 297 



Structure and Secretion of the Small Intestines . . ib. 



Valvular Conniventes 298 



Glands of the Small Intestine 299 



TheVilli 306 



Structure of the Large Intestine ..... 309 



The Pancreas and its Secretion 312 



Structure of the Liver 314 



Function^) of the Liver 322 



The Bile ib. 



Glycogenic Function of the Liver 333 



Summary of the Changes which take place in the Food 



during its Passage through the small Intestine . . 337 



Summary of the Process of Digestion in the large Intestine 340 



Gases contained in the Stomach and Intestines . . . 343 



Movements of the Intestines 344 



CHAPTER X. 



ABSORPTION 347 



Structure and Office of the Lacteal and Lymphatic Vessels 



and Glands ib. 



Lymphatic Glands . 354 



