454 . ANGIOLOGV. 



part of the thigh. Its three or four efferents are very large ; 

 passing up the internal face of the fascia lata muscle, they enter 

 the abdominal cavity towards the angle of the haunch, and join 

 the iliac glands. 



ABDOMINAL VISCERA. 



The lymphatics of the rectum and floating colon. — There are 

 two or three lobes at the base of the tail on each side of the 

 sphincter, a series of glands along the small curve of the viscera, 

 and the mesenteric glands, comprised between the layers of the 

 mesentery, receiving the radical vessels which arise in the mucous 

 and fleshy coats of the intestine generally. Their efferent vessels 

 frequently traverse the glands placed on the passage of the 

 blood-vessels, and reassemble towards the origin of the posterior 

 mesenteric artery by numerous large branches, which join the 

 divisions of the sublumbar lymphatics, or those of the double 

 colon. 



The lymphatics of the large colon. — Upon this viscus a double 

 chain of glands accompanies the colic arteries. Numerous small 

 lobes, at short distances from the principal glands, are dis- 

 seminated over the lateral branches of the blood-vessels. The 

 lymphatics emanating from the coat of this intestine pass for the 

 most part into these small lobes, afterwards joining the principal 

 glands, whence they emerge as numerous large satellites of the 

 colic blood-vessels. These, and the lymphatics of the small 

 intestine, unite to form the two great mesenteric trunks, which, 

 with the efferent branches of the sublumbar glands, form the 

 reservoir of Pecquet. 



The lymphatics of the ccecum. — The glands of this organ are 

 found along the passage of the csecal arteries, constituting a series 

 not so close as those of the great colon, into which are received 

 the lymphatic vessels of the membranes of the caecum. These, 

 on leaving the glands, form larger branches, which are satellites 

 of the blood-vessels, and enter the same trunk as those of the 

 small intestine. 



The lymphatics of the small intestine. — The lymphatic glands, 

 which receive the lacteals of this intestine, are about thirty in 

 number, of a grey colour, large, fusiform, very compact, and often 

 bifurcated at their superior extremity. They are lodged in the 

 mesentery, near the origin of the anterior mesenteric artery. 



