Elementary anatomy and physiology Elementary anatomy and physiology : for colleges, academies, and other schools . elementaryanato00hitc Year: 1869 268 HITCHCOCK' S ANATOMY fig. 182. 306. Periton eum.— The Peritoneum, 'cov- ering about/' or exter- nal coat of the intes- tines is not a little pe- culiar in its conforma- tion. This, like all serous membranes, first completely invests the organs and then is re- flected from them so as to make a lining for the whole cavity. Hence the cavity of the ab- domen, although a per- fectly shut sac, is of very irregular outline. That it is a shut sac may
Elementary anatomy and physiology Elementary anatomy and physiology : for colleges, academies, and other schools . elementaryanato00hitc Year: 1869 268 HITCHCOCK' S ANATOMY fig. 182. 306. Periton eum.— The Peritoneum, 'cov- ering about/' or exter- nal coat of the intes- tines is not a little pe- culiar in its conforma- tion. This, like all serous membranes, first completely invests the organs and then is re- flected from them so as to make a lining for the whole cavity. Hence the cavity of the ab- domen, although a per- fectly shut sac, is of very irregular outline. That it is a shut sac may be seen from the fact that in dropsy of the abdomen—the fluid has no means of escape except by absorption, or puncture from the out- side. In the disease commonly known as in- flammation of the bow- els, this membrane is the principal seat of the difficulty, and the inflammation of this as well as of all other serous mem- branes, is attended with acute pain, and the progress of the disease, for better or worse, very rapid. 307. The Mesentery and tnc Omentum.—These are folds of the Peritoneum, attached to different parts of the abdomen and its viscera, which serve to retain some of the organs in Reflexions of the Peritoneum. D. Diaphragm. fSl Stomach. C. Colon. D. Duodenum. P. Pan- creas. I. Small Intestine. B. Rectum. B. Blad- der. The numbers indicate the course of the Peritoneum. 308. What is the Peritoneum ? Is the cavity of the abdomen of a regular outline ? What is the principal seat of disease in inflammation of the bowels? 307. What is the Mesentery and the Omentum? What is it thickly packed with?
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