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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF THE PIG 



THE INTESTINE 



The intestine is about fifteen times the length of the body. 

 The small intestine is 50 to 65 feet (ca. 15 to 20 m.) long. The mesentery of 

 about the first two feet (ca. 60 cm.) is two to two and a half inches (ca. 5 to 6 cm.) 



Oft. 



ijentrifLcgaZ 

 coils 



Fig. 424. — Diagram of Cecum and Colon of Pig. 

 Coils of colon have been pulled apart. 



long; this part may be termed duodenum. The duodenum turns sharply medially 

 on the visceral surface of the liver to the right of the portal fissure. It then passes 

 backward, in relation to the medial part of the right kidney dorsally and the colon 

 ventrally, and about the middle of the sublumbar region turns across the median 



Fig. 425. — Ileo-c^cal Opening of Pig. 

 1, Ileo-csecal opening; 2, 2, frenulum ilei. 



Fig. 426. — Solitary Nodules of Large Intestine 

 OF Pig. (EUenberger-Baum, Anat. d. Haustiere.) 



plane and runs forward to be continued by the mesenteric part. The right end of 

 the pancreas is attached to the first part, and here the pancreatic duct opens into 

 the bowel. The remainder of the bowel (Jejuno-ileum) has a mesentery about six 

 to eight inches (ca. 15 to 20 cm.) long, which is thick and contains a quantity of fat, 



