THE INTESTINES 



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A, The duodenum as it passes 

 behind the great mesen- 

 tric artery ; B, Free por- 

 tion of the small intes- 

 tine ; c, Ileocsecal portion ; 

 D, Caecum ; E, F, G, Loop 

 formed by the large colon ; 

 G, Pelvic flexure; r, F, 

 Point where the colic loop 

 is doubled to constitute 

 the suprasternal and dia- 

 phragmatic flexures. 



GENERAL VIEW OF THE HORSE'S INTESTINES; THE ANIMAL IS PLACED ON ITS 

 BACK, AND THE INTESTINAL MASS SPREAD OUT. 



