158 EQUINE ANATOMY. 



tous epithelium, blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerves 

 from the diaphragmatic, lumbar, intercostal and great 

 sympathetic systems. 



ABDOMINAL ORGANS. 



In the anterior region : stomach, liver and spleen. 

 In the superior region : pancreas, kidneys, superre- 

 nal capsules and ureters. In the right and left hy- 

 pochondriac, the flanks and inferior region, the in- 

 testines. In the posterior region : the pelvis and its 

 contents. 



Stomach. — Situation : posterior face of the dia- 

 phragm. Dimension : twelve to fifteen quarts. Form : 

 elongated, laterally flattened from forward backward, 

 curved upon itself and constricted in its middle. Divi- 

 sion : Two faces, two curvatures and two extremities. 

 Faces, convex and smooth. Curvatures, the great in- 

 ferior, convex and gives attachments to the great epip- 

 loon ; the smaller concave, and attached to the liver by 

 the hepato-gastric ligament. Extremities : the left 

 forms a large conical tuberosity, the right is continued 

 with the duodenum. 



The internal face is lined by mucous membrane, 

 varying in aspect in the left and right portion, and pre- 

 sents two openings, the cardiac and pyloric. 



Structure. — Serous membrane envelops the whole 



