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Crus dphrg., Crus diaphragmatica. — The left crus or pillar of the diaphragm. 

 Dct. thr., Ductus thoracicus, az. — The left thoracic duct (Fig. 103). 

 Gng. (Ganglion) semilunare. — The semilunar ganglion — Ganglion of the solar plexus 

 of nerves (Fig. 107). 



M., A. mesenterica superior, az. (Fig. 103, 107). 



Pia. 90. — Cattdal View of the Diaphragm ■with the Stkuctdkes that tkaveesb 



IT ; X .75. 



Mb., Membrana. — The somewhat orescent-shaped membranes which, with the mus- 

 cular portion of the diaphragm, complete it dorsad. It is said by Straus-Durckheim 

 A, II, 310, that, in place of these membranes, there are often muscular pillars — ^lateral 

 pillars of the diaphragm — joining the diapophyses of the 3d lumbar vertebrae. 



M. transversalis-abdominis. 



M. q. lumb., M. quadratus lumborum. 



M. psoas. (The human psoas magiius.) 



