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A MANUAL OF ANATOMY. 



cardiac nerves ; at the right, right auricle and superior vena 

 cava ; at the left, pulmonary artery and cardiac nerves. 



The Transverse Aorta. Diag. 2 1 . 



This is nearly two inches long, also. Takes a course back- 



ward and to the left from the level of the second right carti- 

 lage (or the first intercostal space) to the body of the fourth 

 (or third) dorsal vertebra on the left side. The highest por- 



