Fig. 102. BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE INTESTINES. [Subject horizontal.] i, i, Trans- 

 verse colon. 2, Superior mesenteric artery. 3, Hepatic flexure of colon. 4, Right 

 colic artery. 5, Ileocolic artery. 6, Caecum. 7, Junction of the vermiform process 

 with caecum. The process extends downward and inward behind the caecum. 8, Great 

 omentum. 9, Longitudinal muscular band on the large intestine. 10, Middle colic 

 artery, u, Splenic flexure of colon. 12, Left colic artery. 13, Vasa intestini tenuis. 

 14, Duodenum, transverse portion. 15, Sigmoid artery. 16, Descending colon. 17, 

 Ik-tun divided close to the caecum. 18, Rectum. 19, Omega loop. 20, Bladder. The 

 chain of arterial anastomoses upon the large intestine can be readily followed. Also 

 the secondary, and in places the tertiary arterial loops. 



