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branch may be implicated in ulceration of the duodenum following 

 severe burn (p. 325). 



The splenic runs along the upper border of the pancreas, behind the 

 stomach, and breaks up into several short trunks for the hilum of the 

 spleen and the great end of the stomach (vasa brevia). In its course 

 the splenic gives off the pancreaticoe parvce and a pancreatica magna, 

 and a large vessel, the gastro-epiploica sinistra, which runs in the root 



4, Abdominal aorta. 

 I v, Inferior cava. 

 g, renal veins. 

 ',", ureters. 



//, A', spermatic veins. 

 ;', com. iliac vein. 

 k, com. fern. vein. 

 /, int. saphenous. 



5, renal arteries. 



6, 6' spermatics. 



7, 7' com. iliacs. 



8, ext. iliac. 



9, deep circumflexa 



ilii. 



10, internal iliacs. 

 12, deep femoral. 



(A. THOMSON.) 



N.B. -All the 

 lar-e veins -except 

 the left renal arc- 

 posterior to the arte- 

 ries. 



of the great omentum, to meet the gastro-epiploic branch of the 

 lu'|>;itic along the greater curvature of the stomach. 



The superior vicsentcric comes off close below the cceliac axis, just 

 behind the pancreas and splenic vein, and emerges between the pan- 

 creas and transverse duodenum. It gives off from its right side the 

 inferior pancreatico-duodenal branch ; and, passing between the layers 



A A 



