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THE ORGANS OF DIGESTION. 



the one to the right, opposite the junction of the third and fourth sacral vertebrae ; 

 the other to the left, opposite the sacro-coccygeal articulation. They are of little 

 importance. 



Great splanchnic 



nerve piercing 



crus. 



Receptaculum 

 chyli. 



Kemilunar 



nerve piercing 

 crus. 



Xemilunar 

 ganglion. 



FIG. 508. The relations of the viscera and large vessels of the abdomen. (Seen from behind, the last dorsal 

 vertebra being well raised.) 



The length of the rectum is about eight inches. The first part is four inches, 

 the second three, and the third one to one and a half, being rather longer in the 

 male than in the female. The rectum is narrower in its upper part than the sig- 



