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THE PANCREAS. 



THE PANCREAS. 



This organ so much resembles the salivary glands in 

 structure, that it has been termed the abdominal salivary 

 gland. It is very irregular in form in different animals, and 

 indeed there are several glandular masses, with separate 



Fig. 96. Pancreas and pancreatic ducts in the dog. (BERNARD.) P P, Pancreas; a, 

 pylorus ; b, glands of Brunner ; c cf, large pancreatic duct ; d, eminence formed by the 

 duodenal glands; e, small pancreatic duct at its opening in the intestine; /, anastomosis 

 not constant between the large and small pancreatic duct; g, orifice of the biliary duct; 

 h, orifice of small, and i, of the large pancreatic duct ; k', anastomosis of the large witii 

 the small duct. 



