FOOD AND DIGESTION 



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mouth to stomach and lying in front of the spinal 

 column. 



Illustrated Study of Food Tract. 



FIG. 89. ORGANS OF TRUNK 

 from the side. 



L, larynx; th, thyroid gland; T, trachea; 

 St, breastbone ; C, heart ; D, dia- 

 phragm ; f, liver ; E, stomach ; /, 

 intestine ; Co, colon ; R, rectum ; 

 V, bladder. 



Question : Parts of which organs are far- 

 ther back than spinal column ? Com- 

 pare this figure with colored Fig. 6. 



FIG. 90. DIGESTIVE ORGANS, from the 

 front (liver turned up) . 



x, gullet ; 2, stomach ; 3, spleen ; 4, pancreas ; 

 5, liver (turned upward) ; 6, gall bladder: 

 7, 8, 9, small intestine; 9', junction of small 

 with large intestine ; 10, caecum (blind sac) ; 

 ii, vermiform appendix; 12, 12', 12", ascend- 

 ing, transverse, and descending colon ; 13, 

 rectum (straight) just below S-shaped flexure 

 of colon. 



Question: Compare with Fig. 89, and colored 

 Fig. 6. 



(3) The stomach, a large pouch where the food is stored, 

 and from which it passes in the course of several hours, 

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