TSJS STOMACH. 



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organ, and giving attachment, througliout its extent, to the great omentum — 

 a membranous fold wMcli has been described as a dependency of the serous 

 membrane ; a lesser or concave curvature, into which the oesophagus is 

 inserted, and which is united, to the right of that canal, to the liver, by 

 means of a frsenum kno\^^l as the hepato-gastric ligament ; 4, A left ex- 

 tremity, dilated in the form of a large conical tuberosity, and constituting 

 the left cul-de-sac (or fundus) of the stomach ; 5, A right extremity, narrower, 

 curved upwards, and continued by the duodenum, from which it is separated 

 by a marked constriction : this is named the right cul-de-sac of the 

 stomach. 



Belations. — Studied in its connections with the neighbouring organs, the 

 stomach is related : by its anterior face, with the diaphragm and liver ; by 



Fig. 183. 



STOMACH OF THE HOESE. 



A, Cardiac extremity of the oesophagus; B, Pyloric ring. 



. ■ f „^ w,-tb the diaphragmatic curvature of the colon. Its 

 its posterior face, with the ^^^^^S ^ 1 ^l^ich is suspended from 

 inferior border, margined *° ^^^^^if^^^^ "'^".Xd from the inferior abdominal 



wall by the large ^^f ^^ ''"/^^ the organ. The left extremity, suspended 

 wall depends upon t^f^fj^'^f^i^^jof^'^^ery short serous ligament, a portion 

 to the sublumbar region by the aid oi a v y b^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^.^^ 



:Lt%^rreraSrsT:cCto the anterior bLder of the left kidney. 



