VENOUS SYSTEM 



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A 



-Vsbc 



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--Vcard. 



-V-catcd' 



Fig. 267. — Diagram or the Vexoi's System of Profopternn annec/ejis. 

 (After W. N. Parker.) 



V, ventricle ; at, atrium ; p, pericardium ; ca, conus arteriosus ; Ji, Je, internal 

 and external jugular ; Vsbc, subclavian ; DO, DC, precaval veins ; Op, post- 

 caval ; Vh, Vh, hepatic veins ; L, liver ; O.B, gall-bladder ; d.G, bile-duct ; 

 J/, "stomach"; Da, intestine; L.G, lymphoid organ in the walls of the 

 stomach, the blood from which passes into the hepatic portal veins ( Vpo, 

 Vpo^) ; par.v, parietal veins, from the body- walls ; Ov.v, ovarian veins; 

 N, N, kidneys; BV, pelvic vein; V.rand, caudal vein; V.rcn.jJOrt, renal 

 portal vein ; ces, oesophageal vein ; V. card, left posterior cardinal vein, which 

 is connected by anastomoses (aiis) with the postcaval ((7p) in the region of 

 the kidneys. 



