. Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy. Anatomy. THE STOMACH. 1167 Falciform 'ligament (cut) Pyloric end of ' stomach Subcostal line curvature becomes distended, and this portion of the border becomes convex in outline. The lesser curvature does not form a straight line along the surface of the stomach, for at the left end it turns forwards somewhat on to the anterior surface of the stomach, to the place where the cardiac orifice is situated. In length, the lesser curvature measures some 3 to 4 inches. Curvatura Ventriculi Major.—The greater curvature of the stomach is usually over three times as
. Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy. Anatomy. THE STOMACH. 1167 Falciform 'ligament (cut) Pyloric end of ' stomach Subcostal line curvature becomes distended, and this portion of the border becomes convex in outline. The lesser curvature does not form a straight line along the surface of the stomach, for at the left end it turns forwards somewhat on to the anterior surface of the stomach, to the place where the cardiac orifice is situated. In length, the lesser curvature measures some 3 to 4 inches. Curvatura Ventriculi Major.—The greater curvature of the stomach is usually over three times as long as the lesser curvature, and corresponds to a line drawn from the cardia over the summit of the fundus (Fig. 916), and then along the most project- ing portion of the stomach as far as the pylorus. In general, it is directed to the left and forwards, but at its beginning, near the cardia, it of course looks in a different The great curvature corresponds in the greater part of its length to the attachment of the gastro-splenic and gastro-colic ligaments,folds of peritoneum passing to the spleen and to the transverse colon respec- tively ; and in close relation to it, between their layers, run the right and left gastro-epiploic vessels. This border of the stomach, like the lesser curvature, does not present a uniformly curved outline. Towards the pylorus a notch is often found, called the sulcus intermedius. The portion to the right of this sulcus is known as the pyloric canal. On the left side of this notch, the greater curvature bulges for- wards, forming a chamber called the antrum pylori, and the pro- jecting rounded prominence which it forms is, in some phases of digestion, marked off from the rest of the body of the stomach by a temporary indentation. Other indentations which are sometimes found on the greater curvature, or the body of the stomach, are probably due to temporary peristaltic waves of contraction. Paries Anterior.—The an- terior surface o
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