Archive image from page 1204 of Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy (1914). Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy cunninghamstextb00cunn Year: 1914 ( RELATIONS AND CONNEXIONS OF THE STOMACH. 1171 the superior part of the pancreas to the first part of the duodenum, artery. It encloses the hepatic Size and Capacity of the Stomach.—Probably no organ in the body varies more in size within the limits of health than the stomach. Moreover, as its tissues change so rapidly after death, measurements made on softened and relaxed organs are not only worthless but quite misleading. Consequently it is difficult
Archive image from page 1204 of Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy (1914). Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy cunninghamstextb00cunn Year: 1914 ( RELATIONS AND CONNEXIONS OF THE STOMACH. 1171 the superior part of the pancreas to the first part of the duodenum, artery. It encloses the hepatic Size and Capacity of the Stomach.—Probably no organ in the body varies more in size within the limits of health than the stomach. Moreover, as its tissues change so rapidly after death, measurements made on softened and relaxed organs are not only worthless but quite misleading. Consequently it is difficult, perhaps impossible, to arrive at a correct estimate of its size and capacity. The length of the stomach in the fully distended condition is about 10 to 11 inches (25 to 27'5 cm.), and its greatest diameter not more than 4 to 4 inches (10 to 11 '2 cm.); whilst its capacity in the average state rarely exceeds 40 ounces, or 1 quart. 6th costal cartilage—-&J— 7th costal cartilage Lig. teres 8th costal cartilage Gall-bladder 9th costal cartilage Liver 10th costal cartilage Duodenum Right flexure of colon Kidney Cfecum rieum Vermiform process Xiphoid process ,Gth costal cartilage 7th costal cartilage Stomach Sth costal cartilage Transverse colon 9th costal cartilage 10th costal cartilage Duodeno-jejunal flexure Kidney Descending colon Mesentery, cut- Bifurcation of abdominal aorta .Iliac colon Pelvic colon —Urinary bladder Fig. 922.—The Course of the Large Intestine. The jejunum and ileum have been removed. The length has been estimated by different authorities at from 10 to 13 inches (26 to 34 cm.); its diameter, from 3j to 6 inches (8 to 15 cm.); and its capacity from l| to 5 pints. The measurements of the capacity given by Dr. Sidney Martin are probably the most accurate : he states that the capacity varies between 9 and 59 oz., with an average of from 35 to 40, or a little over a litre. The distance in a direct line from the cardiac to the pyloric orifice varies fr
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