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Lymphatics. 



V.portac 



021. The Vasa chylifera in tlie Mesentery. 



The lymphatics which form the coeliac plexus are the fol- 



L y in p h a t i c s of the s t o m a c h, which again form three plexuses 

 a left, an upper and a lower; 



Lymphatics of the small i n t e s t i n e, really called 1 a c- 

 teals, r.s-a !adca s. dtylffera. run between the layers of the mesentery 

 and pass through a triple row of m e s cut eric glands. Glandular, 

 mesaraicae ; 



L y m p h a t i c s of the r e c t u m ; they form only 1 2 rows of 

 small glands ; 



Lymphatics of the spleen and pancreas, running along 

 the splenic vein; 



Lymphatics of the liver, superficial and deep. The super- 

 ficial pass with the suspensory ligament of the liver from the convex sur- 

 face of the liver to the diaphragm into the mammary and anterior 

 m e d i a s t i n a 1 plexus e s, partly also to the plexuses of the stomach and 

 spleen, and to the posterior mediastinal glands. The deep lymphatics 

 leave the J'orta hepatis, receive the superficial lymphatics of the concave 

 surface of the liver and form, before they open into the coeliac plexus, 

 several h e p a t i c g 1 a n d s. 



