. Chordate morphology. Morphology (Animals); Chordata. The liver is a single dorsoventrally flattened mass extend- ing back, further on the right side, for more than half the length of the body cavity. Anteriorly it tapers to the hepatic vein. Its right and posterior margins are lobate. The gall bladder shows on the right side near the point of entrance of the bile duct into the duodenum. The pancreas is well developed, lying in the dorsal mesentery along the anterior margin of the gut between the pyloris and bile duct. At the bile duct, finger-like extensions follow the converging veins of th
. Chordate morphology. Morphology (Animals); Chordata. The liver is a single dorsoventrally flattened mass extend- ing back, further on the right side, for more than half the length of the body cavity. Anteriorly it tapers to the hepatic vein. Its right and posterior margins are lobate. The gall bladder shows on the right side near the point of entrance of the bile duct into the duodenum. The pancreas is well developed, lying in the dorsal mesentery along the anterior margin of the gut between the pyloris and bile duct. At the bile duct, finger-like extensions follow the converging veins of the portal system. A small separate section ex- falciform ligament (mesentery) gall pocket .pharyngeal slits small intestine dorsal mesentery pulled over from midline gastrohepotic ligament (mesentery) spleen falciform ligomenty (mesentery) oviduct mesentery of lung_ free margin of dorsal mesentery^ stomacfi gall bladder- (dashed line) pancreas. small intestine. 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 Jollie, Malcolm. New York, Reinhold
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