THE INTESTINES. 491 



Tlie colon is scarcely larger than tlie small inte.stine, and is ueither sacculated nor furnished 

 •with longitudinal hands. 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 (</), an(J 

 descending colon (h), whicii is continued directly by the rectum. 



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



Fig. 291. 



DIGESTIVE APPARATUS 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 madp 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 



