12 THE BUMAtf BODY. 



end of the gullet (which pierces the diaphragm), the 

 stomach, the intestine, the kidneys, and most of the 

 organs making digestive liquids. The sympathetic nerve 



FIG. 4. The body opened from the front to show the contents of its ventral 

 cavity, lu, lungs; h< heart, partly covered by other things; le, le', right and left 

 liver lobes respectively; ma, stomach; ne, the great omentum, a membrane con- 

 taining fat which hangs down from the posterior border of the stomach and 

 covers the intestines; mi, spleen; zz, diaphragm. 



