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makes a curve to the left. A duct traverses the gland and 

 joins the common bile-duct close to its intestinal opening. 

 The pancreas produces a watery-looking secretion which is of 

 great importance in digestion; the gland also (Chap. XXIII) 

 exerts an important influence on the general nutritional 

 processes of the Body. It is of the compound racemose type. 



FIG. 119 The stomacn. pancreas, liver, and duodenum, with part of the rest 

 of the small intestine and the mesenterv; the stomach and liver have been 

 turned up so as to expose the pancreas. V. stomach : D, D'. "D". duodenum ; L, 

 spleen ; P. pancreas: R. rigrht kidney : T. jejunum"; Vf, 'gfell-Bladderr'/i, hepatic 

 duct: c. cystic duct ; ch. common bile-duct: 1. aorta; 2. an artery (left coronary) 

 of the stomach; 3. hepatic artery: 4. splenic artery; 5. superior rnesenteric artery; 

 6, superior mesenteric vein; 7, splenic vein; Fp, portal vein. 



The Blood-vessels of Alimentary Canal, Liver, Spleen 

 and Pancreas The portal vein ( Vp. Fig. 119) has already 



