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mose with the first division of the small mesenteric 

 artery. 



d. Innominated branches — To the lymphatic glands, 

 supra-renal capsules, mesentery and pancreas. 



Small mesenteric. — Descending from the posterior 

 abdominal artery, some four and half to six inches 

 behind the great mesenteric. It runs between the lay- 

 ers of the small mesentery and forms thirteen or four- 

 teen branches, which act somewhat like the arteries of 

 the small intestines and ramifying in the floating colon 

 and rectum. 



Renal or emulgent. — One for each kidney, in the 

 substance of which they penetrate by its notch or in- 

 ferior face. 



Spermatic or great testicular in the male, running 

 outside the abdominal cavity into the inguinal canal 

 with the other constituents of the spermatic cord, and 

 after many flexuosities reaching the testicle, in which 

 it disappears ; and 



Utero-ovarian in the female ; lodged between 

 the folds of the broad ligament, and dividing into an 

 ovarian artery to the ovary and a uterine to the cornu 

 of the uterus. 



Small testicular.— In male; distributed to the 

 various parts of the spermatic cord. 



Uterine. — In female, to the uterus proper. These 



