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Some of the food, while in the stomach, is absorbed into 

 the blood current. The peptones and some sugar pass 



DIAPHRAGM 



FIG. 73. Showing the Relations of the Stomach, Liver, Intestines, 

 Spleen, and other Organs of the Abdomen. (Front view.) 



A, duodenum ; B, upper end of the small intestine ; C, lower end of the small 

 intestine ; Z>, caecum ; , bladder. The liver and stomach are drawn up, 

 and portions of the small intestine have been cut away. 



through the lining membrane into the capillaries which form 

 a close network in the mucous membrane. 



