. Comparative anatomy of vertebrates. Anatomy, Comparative; Vertebrates -- Anatomy. DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 231 there is a relation between the development of caecum and stomach. The cascum becomes enormous in certain rodents and marsupials (sometimes longer than the body) and plays an important part in digestion, being sometimes lobulated or furnished with internal folds, those of the rabbits being arranged in a spiral manner. In man and the anthropoids and some other forms, as is well known, the distal part of the oecum degenerates to a rudiment, the vermiform appendix, which tends to become oblit
. Comparative anatomy of vertebrates. Anatomy, Comparative; Vertebrates -- Anatomy. DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 231 there is a relation between the development of caecum and stomach. The cascum becomes enormous in certain rodents and marsupials (sometimes longer than the body) and plays an important part in digestion, being sometimes lobulated or furnished with internal folds, those of the rabbits being arranged in a spiral manner. In man and the anthropoids and some other forms, as is well known, the distal part of the oecum degenerates to a rudiment, the vermiform appendix, which tends to become obliterated with increasing 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 Kingsley, J. S. (John Sterling), 1854-1929. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's son & co.
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