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THE LIVER. 



of Lieberkiihn are extremely numerous, and more readily discerned 

 than in the small intestine. There are also some solitary glands in 

 the mucous coat of the large intestine, which readily ulcerate. 



This coat of the large intestine is composed of vessels, principally 

 veins. 



The large intestine is divided into the ccecum, colon, and rectum. 



The ccecum is a cul-de-sac,^ (Fig- ^l)? ^^^d the commencement 

 of the large intestine, and hence is often called caput coli. It is 

 bound down into the right iliac fossa, by the meso-colon ; its length 

 varies from one and a half to three inches, and its diameter is 

 greater than that of any other portion of the alimentary canal, ex- 

 cept the stomach. 



The appendix vermiformis, is a worm-like process, varying in 

 length from three to six inches, attached to the inferior portion of 

 the ccecum.^ Its coats are the same as those of the intestine, and it 

 usually contains flatus. 



The ileo-colic valve^ is an elliptical opening on the side of the ccecum, 

 between its circular fibres, whereby the small intestine empties into 



Fig. 94. 



