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raise the hind end of the sternum, cut through the attach- 

 ment of the sternum to ribs and coracoid on each side, and 

 remove the sternum. Note : gullet, crop ; thymus ; trachea, 

 muscles of syrinx ; heart in pericardium, roots of arteries ; 

 liver, gizzard, duodenum, pancreas, ileum, thoracic and 

 abdominal air sacs (Fig. 302). 

 Displace viscera and examine them. Note, in addition to 

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Fig. 417. — A ventral view of the shoulder girdle and sternum of 



Loemanclus longipes, a lizard. — From Shipley and MacBride. 

 i, Interclavicle ; 2, clavicle ; 3, scapula ; 4, coracoid ; 5, precoracoid ; 



6, glenoid cavity ; 7, sternum ; 8, sternal bands ; 9, sternal portion 



of a rib. 

 The dotted regions are cartilage. 



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parts already seen, proventriculus, rectum and its caeca, 

 cloaca ; pancreatic and bile ducts ; spleen, lungs, portal, 

 epigastric (anterior abdominal) and coccygeomesenteric veins. 



Remove the alimentary canal. Note : kidneys, ureters ; testes 

 or ovary, vasa deferentia or oviducts (right oviduct small) 

 (Figs. 303, 304) ; veins and arteries as shown in Fig. 305. 



Remove the pericardium. Note great vessels entering and 



leaving heart. 

 Displace the gullet and windpipe and trace the carotid arteries 

 and jugular veins along the neck. 



