258 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 



PLATE IX, Fig. 2. 



The chief organs represented in this figure are 

 principally hidden by those described in the last figure. 



a. Lobe of the liver. 

 h. The stomach, described at page 243. 

 c. The omentum, or caul, described at page 248. 

 d^ d. The kidneys, described at page 250. 

 e. The spleen, described at page 248. 



/ The uterus, or womb, which is a hollow membranous 

 organ, united to the anterior part of the vagina, and 

 in the mare is of a striking and peculiar form. Its 

 body spreads out anteriorly into two horn -like pro- 

 cesses. The vagina resembles a bottle, and the 

 uterial portion is like a head and neck. This is in 

 the female which has never been fecundated. But 

 during the period of gestation the womb is almost 

 incredibly augmented in size, and never afterwards 

 resumes either its identical form or virgin state of 

 contraction. 

 g^ g. The ovaries. These are two egg-shaped bodies, situated 

 a little further forward than the Fallopian tubes, within 

 the cavity of the abdomen. They are the female 

 testicles, and are about the size of walnuts. 



//. Part of the rectum, 

 z", z. The diaphragm. 



k. The bladder, distended with urine to show its dimensions 



and form. 

 /. The gall-duct. 



ni. The duodenum takes its rise from the right extremity 

 of the stomach — being the first of the small intestines — 

 and soon after forms a curvature around the head of 

 the pancreas, having the liver above and the great 

 arch of the colon below it. When it reaches the 

 concave part of the liver, it makes a sudden turn 

 backward, and becomes attached to the right kidney, 

 then crosses the spine, between the roots of the 

 mesentery and mesocolon and left side, where it 

 assumes the name of jej unum. The duodenum receives 



