. Elementary physiology . Fig. 77.—A gland of the large intestine of the dog. (From Heidenhain and Klose.) a, in longitudinal; b, in transverse section. and it will be well in the first place to consider the arrange- ment of the absorbing structures. The digested food is in the first instance absorbed by the 'cells lining the alimentary canal, and is afterwards passed on, when it has undergone some modification in these cells, to the tissue underlying them. By far the greater portion of the food is absorbed in the small

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