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THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM 



the middle node of the middle group of the external iliac chain, and still other vessels 

 from the posterior surface run first downward, pass around the rectum, and then 

 ascend to the lateral sacral nodes. From the anterior surface a descending duct 

 may follow the deep artery of the penis, and the internal pudic to the hypogastric 



Fig. 5S1. — The Superficial Lymphatic Network of the Liver. (After Teichmann). 



Fig. 582. — Lymphatics op the Periphery of a Pig's Spleen, (After Teichmann.) 



nodes (fig. 585). 'J'Ik; lynij)lKitics of the prostate anastomose with those of the 

 bladder, ductus d(>ferens and rectum. 



The lymphatics of the urethra. — 1. In, (he Male. — The caf)illary plexus of the 

 urethra is in the mucous membrane. The collecting vessels from the mucous 



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