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ABDOMEN 



gland, the spleen, the stomach, and the pancreas are in contact 

 with the upper inclined plane on the anterior surface of the 

 left kidney. The suprarenal gland, as a rule, occupies a 

 narrow district along the medial border from the level of the 

 hilus to the summit of the organ. The spleen is in contact 

 over an area immediately adjoining the outer convex border. 

 The extent of this splenic field varies considerably in different 

 subjects. The pancreas stretches across the left kidney either 

 immediately above, or perhaps exactly over, the eminence 

 which intervenes between the two sloping surfaces on the 



Left colic 

 flexure (O.T 

 splenic 

 flexure) 



FIG. 206. Relations of the Left Kidney and the Pancreas. 



anterior aspect of the kidney. The stomach is in contact with 

 the left kidney over the triangular interval which is left be- 

 tween the suprarenal gland, the spleen, and the pancreas, 

 and this surface is covered by peritoneum of the omental 

 bursa. 



The inferior sloping surface on the anterior aspect of 

 the left kidney presents a varying relation to the intestinal 

 canal. Towards the lateral border of the organ is the descend- 

 ing colon, whilst the remainder of this surface is in relation to 

 the coils of the small intestine. 



Posterior Surface of the Kidney. This surface is mapped 

 out into a medial and a lateral district. The medial 



