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MANUAL OF ELEMENTARY /.OOLOGY 



subclavian, arising from the left side of the aortic arch, 

 (4) the cceliac, which arises from the dorsal aorta shortly 

 behind the diaphragm and divides into the hepatic and 

 the lienogastric, (5) the anterior mesenteric, shortly behind 

 the cceliac, (6) the renal arteries, (7) the genital arteries, 



(8) the small posterior mes- 

 enteric, (9) the common iliac 

 arteries ; these last arise just 

 before the hip girdle and 

 practically end the dorsal 

 aorta, which after them is 

 diminished to the caudal 

 artery. 



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Fig. 32S. — The circulatory system 

 of the rabbit. — From Thomson. 



(a) Letters to right— 



lil.Y- 



