POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS 
through an aperture near the entrance of the 
true stomach into— 
The duodenum or upper portion of the 
small intestine. It forms a loop that in- 
closes— 
The pancreas, a compact, flattened organ, 
pinkish in color, that discharges its secre- 
tion by three ducts into the intestines. 
The small intestine, after forming the 
loop (duodenum), continues its course. It 
first passes toward the left and is disposed 
in many folds connected by the mesentery; 
toward the end it passes up behind the true 
stomach. Connected to the intestines arc 
the blind bodies known as— 
The c@ca, connected to the small in- 
testines for several inches and which, after 
becoming considerably smaller in diameter, 
enter the alimentary tract where— 
The /arge intestine (rectum) starts. This 
portion of the intestines is short and enters— 
The cloaca, into which the urinary and 
1eproductive ducts discharge. The exter- 
nal opening is known as the vent or anus. 
The brain, situated in the back of the 
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