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outward to a venous plexus at the outer border of the mucosa, whence 

 it returns to the larger veins of the submucosa. These vems^-after 



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FIG. 337. BLOOD-VESSELS AND LYMPHATICS OF STOMACH. (F. Mall.) 

 Af, mucosa; Mi, muscularis mucosse; S, submucosa; 7 and 0, circular and longi- 

 tudinal muscles; A, blood-vessels, Ar., artery, V, vein; B, microscopic anatomy; 

 C, lymphatics. (From Szymonowicz-MacCallum, "Histology and Microscopic 

 Anatomy.") 



receiving venules from the muscular coat, pass outward to the subserous 

 connective tissue in company with the entering arteries and finally 

 reach the gastric, splenic, and portal veins. 



