THE INTESTINES. 



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extremity of the cul-de-sac, rounded and globular, floats freely in the abdominal cavity, and is 

 directed backwards. At its opposite extremity, the caecum is continued directly with the 



Fig. 287. 



STOMACH AND INTESTINES OF THE SHEEP (GENERAL VIEW). 



Ru, Rumen; Re, reticulum; F, omasum; C, abomasum ; E, great omentum; Fo, liver; R, right 

 kidney ; P, right e.xtremity of the pancreas ; M, mesentery. 1, Duodenum ; 2, floating portion of 

 the small intestine ; 3, terminal portion of the small intestine ; 4, extremity of the cul-de-sac of 

 the caecum ; 5, ellipsoid convolutions of the colon, seen through the right layer of the mesentery ; 

 6, last turn of the double colon ; 7, mesenteric glands. 



