Gl \KRAL STRUCTURE OF THE BODY 



of the abdomen as a thin transparent sheet, the mesentery, 

 which, as we have seen, fixes and supports the intestine. 



Situation of the Abdominal Organs. The liver is 

 situated on the right side, close under the arch of the dia- 

 phragm. 



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Fir:. r--Th'' alimentary rannl in the abdomen. 



R, right ; I., left; ir, <L-sophagus ; sf, stomach ; f>y, pylorus ; I/MO, duodenum ; Jtj, 

 jejunum; //, ileum ; ctrc, coecum ; A. col, ascending colon; T.col, transverse 

 colon ; D.cof, descending colon" A', rectum ; verm, vermiform ap|>eiulix. 



The stomach is on the left side, just under tho diaphragm. 



The duodenum, or first portion of the small intestine, leaving 

 the stomach at its riyht end, lies close to, and just below the 

 liver ; it is about ten inches long, and passes first towards 



