PROFESSOR OWEN ON THE ANATOMY OF THE GREAT ANTEATER. 18] 
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 
PLATE LI. 
The stomach, moderately distended, with the spleen ; two-thirds of the natural size. 
PLATE LI. 
Fig. 1. Longitudinal section of the stomach, moderately contracted ; natural size. 
Fig. 2. Transverse section of pyloric division ; natural size. 
PLATE LIII. 
Fig. 1. The cardiac portion of the stomach inverted to show the termination of the 
cesophagus and the opening into the pyloric portion ; natural size. 
Fig. 2. The beginning of the duodenum slit open to show the form of the pyloric 
aperture ; natural size. 
The following letters indicate the same parts in each figure :—a, cesophagus ; 6, car- 
dia ; c, cardiac division of stomach ; d, gastric tendon ; e, e, folds converging to, f, 
orifice of, g, pyloric division ; h, the muscular coat ; i, the submucous cellular valve ; 
k, dense plicated epithelial lining of the cavity ; 1, pylorus; m, duodenum ; n, spleen. 
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