THE INTESTINES. 



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The colon is scarcely larger than the small intestine, and is neither sacculated nor furnished 

 with longitudinal bands. In its short course, it is disposed somewhat like the same intestine 

 in Man ; and, as in him, it may be divided into the ascending (Fig. 290, /), transverse (g), ancj 

 descending colon (ft), which is continued directly by the rectum. 



Near the anus, this latter viscus presents on its sides two narrow apertures leading to 



DIGESTIVE APPARATtrs OF THE CAT. 



F, Liver; V, gall-bladder; E, stomach; R, spleen; R', right kidney; D, duodenum; Pa, pancreas; 

 C, caecum; In, small intestine (middle portion); I, ilium; M, M, mesentery; G, mesenteric 

 glands; Re, rectum; Ve, bladder; Di, diaphragm; PM, sublumbar muscles; P, left lung; P', 

 right lung. 



two glandular pouches, which are filled with a brownish matter that has a strong and foetid 

 odour, and is secreted by the glands covering the internal wall of these diverticuli. 



(Measurements of the intestines, always a subject of interest to comparative anatomists, 

 have been frequently made by different authorities. Leyh gives the length of the Horse's 

 intestines as from 10 to 12 times that of its body ; those of the Ox as from 20 to 22 times; the 



