500 DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF THE DOG 
THE INTESTINE 
The intestine is short—only about five times the length of the body. 
The small intestine has an average length of about thirteen feet (ca. 4 meters). 
It occupies most of the abdominal cavity behind the liver and stomach. The duo- 
denum begins at the pylorus and passes backward and somewhat dorsally, at first 
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Fic. 441.—ABpomINnav Viscera oF Dos. 
Ventral view after removal of greater omentum. The stomach is full. 
a, Cartilage of last rib; 6, duodenum; z, xiphoid cartilage. 
on the visceral surface of the liver, then in contact with the right flank. Near the 
pelvis it turns medially and passes forward along the medial side of the left part of 
the colon and the left kidney, bends ventrally, and joins the jejunum to the left of 
the root of the mesentery.!_ The mesoduodenum is given off from the right side of the 
1 The duodenum might be regarded as consisting of a right or retrograde part, an iliac flexure, 
and a left or recurrent part; the terminal bend is the duodeno-jejunal flexure. | 
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