THE SPLEEX. 



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against the posterior wall of the fundus and body of the stomach (Fig. 680). 

 Lower down it touches the tail of the pancreas. 



The basal surface forms the lower and outer end of the spleen, and is trian- 

 gular in shape. This does not rest on the left kidney, but frequently is in con- 

 tact with the tail of the pancreas and regularly with the splenic flexure of the 

 colon and phreno-colic ligament. 



The anterior or cr>-nate margin is sharp and thin and usually marked by a 

 few. two to four, notches more or less deeply cut. It separates the internal from 



Lung- 



f Diaphragm 



FIG. 6S7. Relations of abdominal viscera. Posterior view. (Joessel.) 



the phrenic surface. Traced from the upper end of the spleen, this border passes 

 outward, convex above. This lies between the diaphragm and stomach nearly as 

 high as the cardia. The border then passes downward and forward, and is in 

 close contact with the chest-wall at the mid-axillary line. 



The inner or int^i'irn-iUfite border lies on the interior surface posterior to the 

 hilus, and separates the gastric and renal surfaces. The posterior or blunt border 

 separates the internal and phrenic surfaces. It dips in between the diaphragm 

 and left kidnev, and runs downward and outward along the lower border of the 



