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DISSECTION OF THE ABDOMEN. 



At the left end it receives the oesophagus (ft), by which it is firmly 

 fixed to the diaphragm ; here it lies beneath the ribs, and is in contact 

 with the spleen (w), to which it is connected by a fold of peritoneum 

 (splenic omentum) : when this part of the stomach is distended it pushes 



Fig. 142. 



CONNECTIONS OP THB LIVER, STOMACH, SPLBEN, AND LARGE INTESTINE, the small intestine 

 having been taken away. 



a. Stomach, and b, oesophagus. 



c and d. Right and left lobes of ihe liver, with 



e, the suspensory ligament. 

 /. Caecum. 

 y. Ascending colon. 



h. Transverse. 



i. Desceudibg, and fc, sigmoid flexure of the 



colon. 



I. Duodenum, 

 ra. Spleen. 



up the diaphragm, and encroaches on the space for the heart and the left 

 lung. The right extremity ends in the small intestine, and reaches towards 

 the gall bladder ; it is in contact with the under part of the liver. 



The anterior surface touches, from left to right, the diaphragm, the ab- 

 dominal wall, and the liver ; and the posterior surface corresponds with 

 the pancreas, the pillars of the diaphragm, the aorta and vena cava, and 

 the solar plexus. 



The upper border is connected to the liver by a process of peritoneum, 

 the small omentum ; and the lower border gives attachment to another 

 peritoneal fold, the groat om;ntumor epiploon, which floats freely over 

 the intestine. 



The form, and the connections of the stomach with the surrounding 

 parts will vary with the size. For when the viscus is empty it is flattened, 



