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covered to a large extent by peritoneum. It is attached to the liver at and lateral 

 to the portal fissure, and to the crura of the diaphragm. Between these adhesions 

 it is free and forms the ventral wall of the epiploic foramen. On the right side it 

 extends backward beyond the caudate lobe of the liver between the layers of the 

 mesoduodenum; here it is in contact with the upper part of the flank at the lumbo- 

 costal angle, and is related dorsally to the right kidney and by its ventro-lateral ' 



Pancreatic duct - 



Right extremity^ 

 of pancreas 



Caudate lobe 

 of liver 



Gall-bladder 

 Round ligament 

 of liver 



Fig. 402. — Pancreas and Related Structures of Ox. 

 1, Left extremity of pancreas; 2, posterior vena cava; 3, portal vein; 4, gastro-splenic vein; 5, probe in epiploic 

 foramen; 6, bile duct; 7, cystic duct; S, pancreatico-intestinal lymph gland; 9, cut edge of lesser omentum; 10, 

 omasal impression of Hver. Intraglandular part of pancreatic duct and its chief radicles are shown by dotted lines. 

 Concealed parts of bile duct, cystic duct, and neck of gall-bladder are similarly indicated. 



border to the retrograde part of the duodenum. The ventral or gastro-intestikal 

 surface is in contact with the dorsal curvature of the rumen and the intestine. 

 There is a deep notch (Incisura pancreatis) for the portal vein and hepatic artery, 

 and several lymph glands are present here. The left extremity is small and quad- 

 rilateral; it is related dorsally to the crus of the diaphragm, left adrenal, and the 

 coeliac and anterior mesenteric arteries, and is adherent ventrally to the rumen. 



