THE COLON 



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which is directed backward toward the vertebral column and a little upward. 

 It is almost completely invested by peritoneum, arid connected to the posterior 



Anterior 



lamella of 



lumbar fascia. 

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Postenw 



Middle lamella of 



lamella of lumbar fascia. 

 lumbar -- 



LATISSIMUS 

 DORSI. 



FIG. 1046. Diagram of the relations of the large intestine and kidneys, from behind. 



abdominal wall by a large and wide duplicature of that membrane, the transverse 

 mesocolon (Fig. 998). The transverse colon is in relation, by its upper surface, 

 with the liver and gall-bladder, the greater curvature of +he stomach, and the lower 



