PHYSIOLOGY: PRACTICUM IV: PLATE IX. 

 ABDOMINAL VISCERA OF THE CAT, EXPOSED FROM THE LEFT SIDE. 



The -lorsutn is above ; the PELVIS and THIGHS are omitted. At the left (cephalad) 

 projects the DIAPHRAGM with the stump* of the three traversing tubes already examined 

 in connection with PI. VIII. 



The left wall of the abdomen has been removed and the dorsal edge everted. The 

 viscera are undisturbed, but it must be borne in mind that the details of such a view of the 

 more or less movable parts vary considerably in different individuals. 



The ental surface of the parietes is formed by the smooth PERITONEUM. As will be 

 seen during the dissection this is reflected at certain places upon the viscera so that, strictly 

 speaking, all the organs are seen through it. The omentum is a fold of peritoneum, sup- 

 porting fat and vessels. 



Most of the parts are named, i, a lobe of the liver, similarly numbered in Fig. 18 ; 

 2, part of the OMENTUM near the stomach ; 3, a fold extending cephalad from the 

 OVARY ; 4, 5 coils of intestine. 



The forms and connections of the organs will be seen in connection with Plates X 

 and XI. 



Defects. The h of stomach and the n of spleen are obscured by too heavy shading. 



