THE VASCULAR SYSTEM. 



mesentery and supplying branches forwards to the oesophagus and 

 backwards towards the intestine. 



/3. The Raimts sinister s. posterior passes to the left (posterior) 

 surface and behaves like the Ram. dexter. 



(2) The mesenteric artery (Arteria mesenterica superior and infe- 

 rior, and the Arteria splenica], .(Fig. 153 m) supplies : 



a. The superior mesenteric artery, which supplies the upper part of 



A Dorsal aorta. 

 Ad Right systemic arch. 

 As Left systemic arch. 

 c opposite fore-limb) Carotid artery. 

 c (in abdomen) Coeliac artery 

 cm Cutaneous artery. 

 e Lingual artery. 

 H Heart. 

 H' Harderian gland. 

 Liver. 

 Lung. 



Arterial system of liana cscalcnta. 



m Mesenteric artery. 



M 



M' 



Stomach. 



Spleen. 

 o Ophthalmic artery. 

 p Pharyngeal artery. 

 p' Anterior palatine artery. 

 S Subclavian artery. 

 / Carotid arch. 

 // Systemic arch. ' 

 /// Pulmo-cutaneous arch. 



Lu 



the intestine, and gives off a recurrent branch to the stomach, which 

 anastomoses with the gastric arteries. 

 /3. The splenic artery to the spleen. 



