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SURGICA L APPLIED ANA TOMY. [Chap. xvn. 



Fig. 33. View of some of the Abdominal Viscera from behind 



(Riidinger). 



a, Thoracic aorta; 6, oesophagus ; c, common carotid artery and internal jugular 

 vein ; d, root of right lung ; e, inferior vena cava ; /, spleen ; g, stomach, and 

 to its right the liver ; h, pancreas ; i, descending part of duodenum (opened) ; 

 j, superior mesenteric vein joined by splenic above. ; k, ascending colon ; I, de 

 scendmg colon ; m, superior hteniorrlioidal vein joining inferior mesenteric. 



