THE STOMACH OF THE CRAYFISH. 



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place, to the very remarkable and complicated apparatus 

 which has alread}' been spoken of, as a sort oi gastric mill 



Fio. 9. — Astaciis flvi'iatilis. — A, the stomach with its outer coat removerl, seen from the 

 left side ; B, the same viewed from the front, after removal of the anterior wall ; 

 C, the ossicles of the gastric mill separated from one another ; D, the prejiy- 

 loric ossicle and median tooth, seen from the right side ; E, transverse section of 

 the pyloric region along the line xy in A (all x 2). c, cardiac ossicle ; cpv, cardio- 

 pyloric valve ; Ij), lateral pouch ; It, lateral tooth, seen through the wall of the 

 stomach in A ; mg, mid-gut ; mt, median tooth, seen through the wall of the 

 stomach in A ; ccs, oesophagus ; }}, pyloric ossicle ; pc, pterocardiac ossicle ; 

 pp, prepyloric ossicle ; tic, uro-cardiac process ; t, convexities on the free surface 

 of its hinder end ; v^, median pyloric valve ; zc, zygocardiac ossicle. 



or food-cnishcr ; and, secondly, to a filter or strainer, 

 whereby the nutritive juices are separated from the in- 

 nutritious hard parts of the food and passed on into the 

 intestine. 



