THE DIGESTIVE APPARATUS IN MAMMALIA. 



Situation. The stomack, also designated the ventriculus, is situated in the 

 diaphragmatic region of the abdomen, where it affects a direction transverse 

 to the median plane of the body. 



Dimensions. Its average capacity, in an ordinary-sized Horse, is from 

 3 to 3J gallons ; but it varies greatly according to the bulk of the animal, 

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in commpn-bred Horses, and in the Ass and Mule. When empty, its average 

 weight is between 3 and 4 pounds. 



Form. Elongated laterally, curved on itself, often constricted in 

 its middle, and slightly depressed from before to behind, this reservoir 

 presents, externally : 1, Two faces an anterior and posterior, smooth and 

 rounded ; 2, A great or convex curvature, forming the inferior border of the 



