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not be supposed that each follicle possesses its own independent 

 capillary system ; for, in point of fact, the capillary arches sur- 

 rounding one freely communicate with those of the adjoining 

 follicles. The rootlets of the veins commence near the orifices 

 of the glands, in the form of thick arches, which run sinuously 



115. 



Fig. 115. Vessels of the walls of the stomach, as seen on transverse 



section. 



towards the surface, and there unite to form smaller trunks. 

 Several such trunks converge under the surface of the mem- 

 brane to form a larger vein, which then descends vertically 

 through the glandular layer. These vertical veins enter at 



Fig. 116. 



Fig. 116. Vascular plexus of the stomach, seen from the surface. 



right angles into a wide polygonal-meshed venous plexus, which 

 lies above the terminal expansion of the arteries, situated 

 between the muscularis mucosse and the glandular layer through 

 the whole extent of the mucous membrane of the stomach. 



