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THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. 



transverse mesocolon, and transverse colon. These structures constitute the 

 posterior wall of the bursa omentalis of the peritoneal cavity. 



Between the two areas, the wall comes into contact with the splenic artery 

 as it runs along the superior border of the pancreas. 



The different portions into which the stomach may be divided are as follows : 



Aorta 



Fossa for caudate lobe 

 Right inferior phrenic vessels 

 Inferior vena cava 



Hepatic vein 



Hepatic artery 

 Portal vein. 

 Pylorus 

 Bile-duct 

 Right supra-renal glan 



(Esophagus 



Left gastric artery 

 Diaphragm 

 Left supra-renal gland 



Splenic artery 

 Kidney 



Anterior surface of pancreas 

 Gastric surface of spleen 



Right common iliac 

 vein 



Right common iliac 

 artery 



Left common iliac- 

 vein 



nferior surface 



()f pancreas 

 ttachment of 

 transverse 

 mesocolon 



Duodeno- 



ejunal flexure 

 Gastro-duodenal 



rtery and neck 

 of pancreas 

 Superior meseu- 

 teric artery 



Duodenum 



Ureter 



Colon 





FIG. 919. THE VISCERA AND VESSELS ON THE POSTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL 



The stomach, liver, and most of the intestines have been removed. The peritoneum has been preserved on th< 

 right kidney, and also the fossa for the caudate lobe. When the liver was taken out, the vena cava wa 

 left behind. The stomach bed is well shown. (From a body hardened by chromic acid injections.) 



Fundus Ventriculi. The fundus is that portion of the stomach which lies abcw 

 a horizontal plane drawn through the cesophageal opening. It is rounded or dome 

 shaped. This shape seldom alters, whatever the condition of the stomach maj 

 be. It is usually filled with gas. 



Corpus Ventriculi. The body of the stomach extends from the fundus t< 



