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THE ORGANS OF DIGESTION. 



The transverse colon, the longest part of the large intestine, passes transversely 

 Irom right to left across the abdomen, opposite the confines of the epigastric and 

 umbilical zones, into the left hypochondriac region, where it curves downward 



Anterior l b ? r 

 lamella of fas ? la ' 

 lumbar fascia 



Posterior 



Middle lamella of 



lamella of lumbar fascia. 

 



FIG. oOV.-Diagram of the relations of the large intestine and kidney, fnTbehin 



column and i a tt upvarci h n th ' T ackward tOWard the vertebral 



is the most movable irt' of Z 1 "T transv * rse arch f the co1 - Thi 



the colon, being almost completely invested by 



