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HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY. 



The Products of digestion find their way into the general circulation by 

 two routes : 



I. Water > albuminose, glucose and salts, are mainly absorbed by the gas- 



FIG. 6. 



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Diagram showing the course of the lacteals through the mesentery, and their termina- 

 tion in the thoracic duct. The course of the thoracic duct and its termination at the 

 junction of the internal jugular and subclavian veins. 



trie and mesenteric veins, carried into the liver, through the capillaries of 

 which they pass, and enter the inferior vena cava by the hepatic veins. 



