The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . ructure. Inits course it is tortuous andserpentine, frequently mak-ing a complete turn uponitself. It is accompanied bythe splenic vein, and splenicplexus of nerves. It sendsoff numerous small branch-es, pancreaticte parvce, to thepancreas; the largest followsthe pancreatic duct, and iscalled pancreatica magna;several branches, vasa brevia, to the great end of the stomach, to whichthey are distributed, inosculating with branches of the gastric ; and theguslro-epiploica sinistra, which appears to be the continuation of thesp.


The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . ructure. Inits course it is tortuous andserpentine, frequently mak-ing a complete turn uponitself. It is accompanied bythe splenic vein, and splenicplexus of nerves. It sendsoff numerous small branch-es, pancreaticte parvce, to thepancreas; the largest followsthe pancreatic duct, and iscalled pancreatica magna;several branches, vasa brevia, to the great end of the stomach, to whichthey are distributed, inosculating with branches of the gastric ; and theguslro-epiploica sinistra, which appears to be the continuation of artery; it passes from left to right along the great curve of thestomach, and inosculates with the gastro-epiploica dextra; its distribution ia to the curve of the stomach and great omentum. 3. Superior mesenteric; arises behind the pancreas, and descendswithin the layers of the mesentery to the right iliac fossa. Its branchesare : Vasa inlestini tenuis; fifteen or twenty branches, distributed tobe small intestines Between the layers of the mesentery the large!. ABDOMINAL, BRANCHED AXtfEIOLOGT 1« branches inosculate so as to form series of arches; from these secondary arches are similarly formed, and from the latter a third series, fromwhich brandies a; e distributed to the intestinal coats. Sometimes afourth or even fiftl series of arches is produced. Ileo-colic ; descendsto *he right iliac fossa, where it divides into branches, which formundies, and are finally distributed to the ilium, ctecum, and colonColica dcxtra ; forms arches, from which branches are distributed tothe ascending colon. Colica media ; distributed, like the preceding, tothe transverse part of the colon. All the branches of the superiormesenteric inosculate freely with each other. Fig. 77 ahowa the courseand distribution of the su-perior mesenteric artery. I. Duodenum, 2. Its trans-verse portion. 3. Jejunum. 5. Ileum. , with it9 vermiformappendix. 7. Ascending co-lon. 8. Its


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