. Animal physiology. Physiology, Comparative; Physiology, Comparative. ABSORPTION AND CONVERSION OF CHYLE. 175 they are mature, they either burst or dissolve away, and deliver this fluid to the absorbent vessels. 218. The vessels which thus originate, unite into minute trunks, and these again into larger ones; and these pass between the two layers of the mesentery (or fold of peritoneum by which the intestines are suspended, §. 213) towards the lower part of the spinal column : where they deliver their con- tents into a sort of reservoir, which thus becomes the receptacle for all the chyle tha
. Animal physiology. Physiology, Comparative; Physiology, Comparative. ABSORPTION AND CONVERSION OF CHYLE. 175 they are mature, they either burst or dissolve away, and deliver this fluid to the absorbent vessels. 218. The vessels which thus originate, unite into minute trunks, and these again into larger ones; and these pass between the two layers of the mesentery (or fold of peritoneum by which the intestines are suspended, §. 213) towards the lower part of the spinal column : where they deliver their con- tents into a sort of reservoir, which thus becomes the receptacle for all the chyle that has been collected from the alimentary canal. In traversing the mesentery, however, the lacteals of the higher animals pass through little knot-like bodies of a peculiar nature, which are called (though improperly) mesenteric glands. "When the structure of one of these is carefully examined, it is Thoracic Mesenteric Aorta Duct Glands. Origins of Lacteal Vessels Intestine Lymphatic Mesentery Vessels Fig. 111.—Chyle-vessels. found to consist of one or more lacteal tubes, very much pro- longed, and convoluted or twisted together ; and of blood-vessels,. 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 Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885. London : Wm. S. Orr and Co.
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