THE INTESTINES. 



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extremity of tlie cul-de-sac, rounded and fjl.bula,-, iloats freely in the abdominal cavity, and u 

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



Fig. 287. 



STOMACH AND INTESTINES OF THE SHEEP (GENERAL VIEW). 



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

 kidney ; P, right extremity of the pancre;is ; M, mesentery. 1, Duodenum ; 2, floatin? portion of 

 the small intestine; 3, terminal portion of the small intestine; 4, extremitv of the cul-rle-sac of 

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

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



