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the lesser curvature and the pyloric end of the right sac 

 they appear on the surface, and are there plainly visible 

 — that is, at the point immediately indicated by the line a. 

 3. A Deep Plane.— Like to the superficial, these 

 fibres run somewhat obliquely in the direction of the 

 long axis of the organ, wholly covering the left sac, and 

 leaving the right sac free. 



V. 



Fig. 6, — Internal or Deep Muscular Coat of Stomach. 



a, A peculiar aggregation of the fibres, clasping the cardiac end 

 of the oesophagus in the manner that a cravat does the 

 neck. A, CEsophagus ; B, left sac ; C, right sac ; D, duodenal 

 S-trap. 



As I have indicated in the diagram (Fig. 6), at the 

 point lettered a there is a distinct ridge-like aggregation 

 of the fibres of this coat. These closely embrace the end 

 of the oesophagus in the manner that a cravat does the 

 neck. Their point of greatest aggregation is the left side 



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