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ANATOMY FOR NURSES 



[Chap. XIV 



Small or Thin 

 Intestine 



Glands 

 and nodes 



Simple follicles 

 Duodenal or 

 Brunncr's 



Ljinph nodules 



> Secrete intestinal juice. 



Solitary. 



Aggregated Ijinph nod- 

 ules of Pej'cr — fifty 

 or more solitary lymph • 

 nodules form so-called 

 patches in small in- 

 testine. 



Function 



{Digestion. 

 Absorption. 

 Secretion of succus entericus. 



3 divisions 



Colon 



Large orThick 

 Intestine 



' Largeness in its transverse, not in its longitudinal, 

 diameter. 

 Length, 5 ft.; width, 2| in. to 1^ in. 

 Extends from ileum to anus. 



Caecum, with vermiform appendix. 

 ' Ascending. 

 Transverse. 



Descending with sigmoid 

 flexure. 

 Rectum — f Internal sphincter, 

 anus 1 External sphincter. 



1 . Serous, except in some parts it is only a 

 partial covering, and at rectum it is 

 wanting. 



Arranged in tluee 



Longitu- "b^^^'^ - ^^^ 



dinal } ^^^d« *^^* ^^- 

 laycr S^^ ^* appen- 



dix, and extend 



Circular [ to rectum, 

 layer 



3. Submucous, 

 r No villi. 



No circular folds. 



4. IMucous I ( Tubular glands. 

 Numerous < SoUtary lymph 



I nodules. . 



„ . I Continuance of digestion and absorption 



Function ^,. • .• r ^ 

 Ehmination of waste. 



4 coats 



2. Muscular. 



