PLATE XV 



Plate XV is from the upper surface of a section through 

 the intervertebral disc (Fibrocartilago intervertebralis 

 XI) between the eleventh and tw^elfth thoracic vertebrae 

 posteriorly, and the tip of the xiphoid process anteriorly. 

 The plane of the section is 2.7 cm. posteriorly and 3 cm. 

 anteriorly below that of the last section. Its posterior mar- 

 gin is .7 cm. lower than its anterior. 



The stomach and spleen are separated from each other 

 by a recess of the lesser peritonaeal cavity (Recessus lienalis 

 bursae omentalis). This recess of the lesser cavity is con- 

 tinuous slightly below the surface of the section with the 

 vestibule of the lesser cavity by a passage way (sometimes 

 called "Huschke's foramen") bounded by the lesser curva- 

 ture of the stomach anteriorly, and the plica gastropancrea- 

 tica posteriorly. 



