THE SMALL INTESTINE. 



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it is connected by loose areolar tissue, the renal vessels and the vena cava inferior ; 

 at its inner side is the head of the pancreas, and the ductus communis choledochus ; 

 to its outer side is the hepatic flexure of the colon. The common bile-duct and the 



Tributary to vena cava. 



Hepatic artery, portal 

 vein, and bile duct. 



Supra- renal 

 capsule 



Right 

 renal 



Crura of Diaphragm. 

 Gastric artery. 



Splenic 

 artery. 



Splenic 

 vein. 



FIG. 496. Relations of duodenum, pancreas and spleen. (From a cast by Professor Birmingham. 1 ) The 

 dotted line represents the line of attachment of the transverse mesocolon. 



pancreatic duct perforate the inner side of this portion of the intestine obliquely, 

 some three or four inches below the pylorus. The relations of the second part of 

 the duodenum to the right kidney present considerable variations. 



1 In the subject from which the cast was taken the left kidney was lower than normal. 



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