THE PANCREAS. 



1071 



HECTUS MUSCLE. 



Sth Costal Cartilage. 



7th Costal Cartilage. 



7th Rib. 



^~8th Eib. 



9th Rib. 



DIAPHRAGM. 



Abdominal Aorta. 



12th Bib. nth Rib. 



FIG. 684. Transverse section through the middle of the first lumbar vertebra, showing the relations of the 

 pancreas. < Braune. i 



Relations in Detail (Fig. 684). 

 Superiorly : 



First part of duodenum ; 

 Coeliac axis, solar plexus : 

 Splenic and hepatic arteries ; 

 Tuber omentale of liver. 



Anteriorly : 



Bursa omentalis (lesser sac) ; 

 Posterior surface of stomach ; 

 Gastro-duodenal artery ; 

 Pancreatico-duodenal arteries ; 

 Upper layer of transverse mesocolon ; 

 Transverse colon. 



To rigid : 



Concavity of duodenum. 



To left : 



Lower part of inner surface of spleen. 



Posteriorly : 



Second (third or first) lumbar vertebra ; 



Pancreatic and common bile-ducts ; 



Vena cava inferior : 



Origin of thoracic duct ; 



Crura of diaphragm ; 



Coeliac plexus ; 



Aorta : 



Sup. roesenteric artery ; 



Splenic, sup. and inf. mesenteric veins ; 



Vena portre : 



Right and left renal vessels : 



Left kidney (or kidney and capsule or capsule alone). 



