458 COMPARATIVE ANGIOLOGY. 



the other is disposed in-ja mass behind the /brachial vessels, near 

 the common insertion of the latissimus dorsi and teres internus ; 

 it receives nine or ten lymphatic branches from the shoulder and 

 arm.. The efFerents accompany the brachial vessels, and enter 

 the prepectoral glands. 



LYMPHATIC VEIN. 



The second principal trunk is the lymphatic vein, or ductus 

 lymphaticus dexter, a vessel measuring in length from three- 

 quarters to one inch, situated near the junction of the jugular 

 veins, and terminating in their confluent ; it is also guarded by 

 a valve, and receives the lymphatic vessels from the right anterior 

 extremity, and the right side of the head, neck, and thorax. 



; COMPAHATIYE ANGIOLOGY. 



RUMINANTIA 



In the heart of the ruminant, the most prominent feature ""s the presence of 

 the cardiac bones (see ^. 105), which, appear in adult life. They are two in 

 number, and lie between the auriculo-ventricular rings and the common aorta 

 on the left, the pulmonary artery on the right side. There is a third longi- 

 tudinal furrow running down the wall of the left ventricle posteriorly. The 

 furrows contain more fat as a rule than those of the horse's heart. There 

 are usually nine aortic intercostals, and three anterior ones, or twelve in all. 

 The ccdiac axis reaches the rumen just behind the oesophagus-. On the left is, 

 given off the artery of the reticulum, which passes to the left of the 03Sophagus, 

 and divides into a superior and an inferior branch. Just posterior to this the 

 splenic artery arises, and still farther back the hepatic, which supplies the live? 

 and gall-bladder, giving olf the duodenal branch, which anastomoses with the 

 superior artery of the abomasum, and the anterior mesenteric. The terirdnal 

 branch of the coeliac axis divides and forms a superior and an inferior arti^ry 

 of the psalterium and abomasum, which pass along the surfaces of these, cavities, 

 the former anastomosing vrith the duodenal. The superior and iafericr 

 arteries of the rumen are placed in the longitudinal groove, the former Visually 

 arises fium the splenic, running backwards ; the latter is generally given oil 

 by the artery of the reticulum, and runs forwards and bet'^-een the anterior 

 sacs, to gain the inferior surface, where it passes backwards and reaches the 

 groove between the conical sac?, anastomosing with the superior vessel. * 



The anterior mesenteric artery divides into two branches, an anterior for the 

 email, and a posterior for tlie large intestine. The former resembles that of 

 the horse in its distribution ; the latter instead of following the flexures 

 of the colon gives *off branches which cross them^ The posterior vatsciteric 

 artery is small. The middle sacral artery is very large, giving off the aiteries 

 of the tail ; it may be regarded a3 the continuation of the posterior aorta, the 

 lateral saerah being somewhat rudimentary, and their terminal branches 



