X. SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTERS. 



How return of chyme from intestines to abomasum is prevented. 

 Classification of intestines, the large and small; difference in ap- 

 pearance. Small intestines arbitrarily divided into three sub- 

 divisions. Glands in the duodenum. Entry of ducts from 

 pancreas and liver. Formation of small intestines. Divisions of 

 large intestines. Shape of caecum, valve at juncture of ileum 

 and caecum. Use of caecum; how important. Various dimen- 

 sions of the colon. The faeces changed into pellets. Manifold 

 functions of the liver; importance of bile secretion. Sugar 

 manufactured in liver gains access to the circulation. External 

 appearance of the liver; its intimate structure. Examination of 

 a lobule. The blood from which the bile is elaborated. Eumin- 

 ants have a reservoir for the, reception of the bile; anatomical 

 difference as compared with the horse. Functions of the bile. 

 Definition of secretion and excretion. Pancreatic juice; its ac- 

 tivity. Specific action of pancreatic juice on fatty matter. 



(c) THE GEXITO-URIKARY SYSTEM. Urine sep- 

 arated from blood. Appearance of kidney. Direction of ureter; 

 mode of effecting entrance to bladder. Important part in the 

 animal economy played by the kidneys. Extent of mrcous 

 membrane lining renal basin. Minute tubes in structure of kid- 

 neys; their uses. Properties of the urine. Separation of urea. 

 "What produces uraemic poisoning. Extent of urethra in the 

 ram. 



THE GEXERATIYE ORGAXS. Those of the male. 

 The semen, its uses, and where elaborated. Disposition of peri- 

 toneum in scrotal sac. What constitutes congenital hernia. 

 How the semen is expelled from the vesiculae seminales; where 

 deposited. AVonderful procreative power of rams. How vermi- 

 form appendage is frequently injured. 



THE GEXERATIVE ORGANS OF THE FEMALE; 

 where situated. Their uses. "Where the germ ovum is located. 



