The class-book of anatomy : designed for schools, explanatory of the first principles of human mechanism, as the basis of physical education . een collected from the food in the in-testinal tube, —now called chyle, which is white likemilk, is conducted to this thoracic duct, and thence car-ried on to be poured directly into the circulation, to be-come blood. ABDOMEN. Bounded by the diaphragm above, the pelvic bones be-low and the muscles at the sides, the abdomen is the mostcapacious of all the cavities. Its lining membrane is theperitoneum. Various organs, principally subservient todigestion,
The class-book of anatomy : designed for schools, explanatory of the first principles of human mechanism, as the basis of physical education . een collected from the food in the in-testinal tube, —now called chyle, which is white likemilk, is conducted to this thoracic duct, and thence car-ried on to be poured directly into the circulation, to be-come blood. ABDOMEN. Bounded by the diaphragm above, the pelvic bones be-low and the muscles at the sides, the abdomen is the mostcapacious of all the cavities. Its lining membrane is theperitoneum. Various organs, principally subservient todigestion, are contained within it. They are the following. OMENTUM. Vulgarly, the omentum is thecawl, —a sort of apronlying in front of the intestines, suspended mainly from thestomach. liver. Being the largest and heaviest viscus in the body, theliver has also a vast influence on the condition of thewhole. It is divided into right and left lobes — the rightis the largest, and occupies the right side, under the left lobe lies partly over the stomach, in the otherregion. Its use is to secrete bile. 260 ANATOMICAL CLASS ANATOMICAL CLASS BOOK. 261 Explanation of Fig. this view of the ahdomen, d, is the gall-bladder, lying on theunder side of the liver, the dark mass to which it is attached : h isthe- coronary artery-which supplies the stomach, a, b, c, with curve of the stomach is well shown: e, e, the arteries whichsupply the cawl, marked i, i, which falls down from the front ofthe stomach, over the intestines, like an apron : g, a vessel of theliver. The pancreas is behind the stomach. GALL BLADDER. This is attached to the under side of the liver, shapedlike a shot-pouch, and contains between one and twoounces of gall, which is carried to it, as a place of deposit,from the liver. A long slender pipe extends from it tothe duodenum, the first portion of the intestines, into whichit pours the bile. The use of the bile is to stimulate theintestine
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