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(omentum) and to the anterior surface of the left kidney, 

 which can easily be felt, by a fold of peritoneum called the 

 lieno-renal ligament. At the same time the dissector should 

 note that the lower end of the spleen is supported by 

 an angular bend of the large intestine, called the left colic 

 flexure, and by a fold of peritoneum, the phrenico- colic 

 ligament, which connects the flexure with the lower surface 

 of the diaphragm, at the level of the eleventh rib in the mid- 

 axillary line. 



-_~^ v 

 Intermediate angle 



FIG. 165. The Spleen (visceral aspect). 



Intestinum (The Intestine). When he has satisfied him- 

 self regarding the general position and attachments of the 

 liver, stomach, and spleen, the dissector should familiarise 

 himself with the parts, position, and the attachments of 

 the intestine. There are two main parts of the intestine, the 

 small and the large, they cannot, however, be distinguished 

 from each other by size alone, for the calibre of each part 

 varies according to the state of contraction or relaxation of 

 its muscular walls. 



Intestinum Tenue (The Small Intestine) commences at 

 the pyloric end of the stomach, under cover of the liver, 

 which must be raised to expose it. The termination of the 

 stomach and the commencement of the intestine is marked by 



