THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY 



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the lower border of the pancreas and enters the root of the 

 transverse meso-colon. Between its two layers the artery 

 passes downwards and to the right to supply the transverse 



Para-colic glands 



Middle colic 

 artery 



Right colic 

 artery 

 Epi-colic glands 



Intermediate 



glands 



Para-colic glands 



Ileo-colic artery 5 



Anterior caecal 

 artery 



Superior 

 haemorrhoida 



Caecu 

 Vermiform process 



Appendicular artery 



Slender connection between lowest sigmoid 

 and superior haemorrhoidal artery 



FIG. 1 06. The Arteries and Lymph Glands of the Large Intestine. 



colon. It divides into a right branch, which supplies the right 

 third of the transverse colon and anastomoses with the ascending 

 branch of the right colic near the right colic flexure ; and a left 

 branch, which supplies the left two-thirds of the transverse 

 colon and anastomoses with the ascending branch of the left 



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