. The alligator and its allies. Alligators. 152 The Alligator and Its Allies. FIG. 34. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF A MISSISSIPPIENSIS. bd, bile duct; 6s, bile sac; c, cloaca; e, oeso- phagus;/, larger or fundic region of stomach; li, hypid apparatus; I, liver; p, smaller or pyloric region of the stomach; pa, pancicas; r, lectum; s, small intestine; I, tongue; Ir, trachea. obliterated. in a thirty-inch animal the oesophagus is about six inches long, and opens suddenly, but without any ap- parent valve, into the large chamber of the stomach. The his- tology of the oesoph- agus and the other regions of t
. The alligator and its allies. Alligators. 152 The Alligator and Its Allies. FIG. 34. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF A MISSISSIPPIENSIS. bd, bile duct; 6s, bile sac; c, cloaca; e, oeso- phagus;/, larger or fundic region of stomach; li, hypid apparatus; I, liver; p, smaller or pyloric region of the stomach; pa, pancicas; r, lectum; s, small intestine; I, tongue; Ir, trachea. obliterated. in a thirty-inch animal the oesophagus is about six inches long, and opens suddenly, but without any ap- parent valve, into the large chamber of the stomach. The his- tology of the oesoph- agus and the other regions of the diges- tive tract will be de- scribed later. THE STOMACH The stomach, as is well known, is made up of two distinct parts; that on the animal's left, into which the oesophagus opens, is many times larger than the part from which the small intestine leads. The larger or fundic re- gion, Fig. 34, /, has, as will be described, very heavy muscular. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reese, A. M. (Albert Moore), b. 1872. New York, London, G. P. Putnam's Sons
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