124 EQUINE ANATOMY. 



dus, a cardiac extremity continuous with the gullet, and a pyloric 

 extremity, forming a species of valve opening into the duodenum. 



Coats. 



Serous. Most external, from the peritoneum, and completely 

 covering the viscus, except at the greater and lesser curvatures. 



FIG. 



STOMACH OF THE HORSE. 



A, Cardiac extremity of the oesophagus; B, Pyloric ring. 



It has three folds derived from it, the cardiac from the cardia to 

 the diaphragm, the gastro-hepatic from lesser curvature to trans- 

 verse fissure of liver, and the great or gastro-colic omentum from 

 great curvature to sub-lumbar region, end of large and beginning 

 of small colon. 



