Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . e, so as to form larger ducts. These enter themesenteric glands—small glandular bodies attached to the mesentary—afterthe passage of which the chyle begins to change its color. The lactealsstill continue to unite and enlarge, and finally terminate in the thoracicduct. In this the chyle is mingled with the lymph secreted from a portionof the lymphatics—another exceedingly minute system of absorbent ducts,which open on the internal and e
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . e, so as to form larger ducts. These enter themesenteric glands—small glandular bodies attached to the mesentary—afterthe passage of which the chyle begins to change its color. The lactealsstill continue to unite and enlarge, and finally terminate in the thoracicduct. In this the chyle is mingled with the lymph secreted from a portionof the lymphatics—another exceedingly minute system of absorbent ducts,which open on the internal and extertial surfaces of the whole the thoracic duct, the chyle is conveyed to tho heart, and enters intothe circulation as blood. The Spleen—With the appearance of the spleen or milt—in the sneepa dark, firm, spongy viscus, attached to the rumen, and lying on the left•iile of tlio belly—all are sufficiently familiar. Its uses and functions ic 2:i2 SHEEP HUSBANEfRY IS THE SOUTH. ihv nnimal t»conomy are not well understood, and i, has in some instance!b«^«ii removed ftora the living animal without the apparent derangement Fig. THE INTESTINES AND MESENTART. 1 The duoden im. 2. The jejunum. 3. The ileum I The coBcum, being the anteiior prolongation of the colon, or first large intestine. The ileum openi into this (on the back side as presented in the cut), about twelve Inches from its extreiaitv—ih« opening being defended by a The large anterior portion of the colon, retaining its size (about three times that of the smaller it>te« tines) for about two feet. The colon tending toward the center. The returning convolutions of the colon. 8 The rectum or stiaight gut, communicating with the rhe mesentary, or that portion of the peritoneum which retains the intestines in their The portion of the mesentary supporting the colon, & united length of these intestines is upward of sixty feet! of any function. Mr,
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