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Fig. 168. 



Glands of Esophagus Magnified fifteen Times. 



is a long and narrow tube, made up of two muscular coats, 

 which terminates in the stomach by the cardiac orifice. It is 

 smaller in size than the Pharynx, and contains a grea,t num- 

 ber of minute glands, (see Fig. 168), which secrete an oily 

 fluid when the food is passing through it. 



294. Stomach, its Coats, its Size, its muscular Coat, 



Fig. 169. 



Section of Human Stomach. 1, Esophagus. 2, Cardiac Orifice. 3, 4, 5, 6, Greater 

 and Lesser Curves of the Stomach. 7, Dilatation, or rudiment of a Second Stomach. 

 8, Folds of the Mucous Membrane. 9, Pyloric Orifice. 10, 11, and 14, Duodenum. 

 12, Duet of Pancreas and Live-r. 15, Jejunum. 



