The stomach, _i'_, is oval in outline, though somewhat flattened
laterally; it is depressed, dorso-ventrally, to a little more than half
the lateral diameter. As has been said, the oesophagus enters its right
anterior border; the pylorus is on the right side, 3 or 4 mm. caudad to
the oesophageal opening. The wall of the stomach is comparatively thin
except in the region of the oesophageal and pyloric apertures, and at a
point, opposite these apertures, on the left side. At the latter point
is an oval or disc-shaped area that is several times as thick as the
surrounding wall; it probably represents the gizzard structure of the
adult. The thickening mentioned in the region of the two apertures seems
to be mainly due to a wrinkling of the mucosa which, in other parts of
the stomach, is nearly smooth, so far as can be seen with the naked eye.
A sphincter thickening around the oesophageal and, to some extent,
around the pyloric aperture, causes each of these structures to project
into the stomach like an ileo-caecal valve.
The pylorus, _py_, opens into a small, pointed, thin-walled
diverticulum, _di_, and, at the same time, into the duodenum, _d_. The
diverticulum noted, also, in connection with figure 7, has relatively
thick, wrinkled walls; its significance is not known to the writer. From
this diverticulum the duodenum, _d_, leads caudad and laterad for a
short distance as a narrow tube, then suddenly expands into the widest
part of the entire intestine. Into this wide part of the duodenum, 3 or
4 mm. from the pylorus, opens the bile duct, _bd_. The bile sac, _bs_,
is an elongated oval body with thin walls, lying to the right of the
pylorus, its connection with the liver was not seen.
Lying between the anterior end of the duodenum and the posterior end of
the stomach, and extending caudad for 10 to 15 mm., in the median plane
of the animal is the pancreas, _pan_. It is a long narrow body of a
whitish color; its duct or ducts could not be determined by dissection.
The duodenum extends caudad, with gradually diminishing caliber, from
the enlarged region mentioned above. About 10 to 15 mm. caudad to the
stomach it makes a sort of double loop to the right, a wide loop, _lp_,
and a close one, _lp'_, nearer the median plane. From the latter loop
the intestine extends straight to the left, for a distance of about 10
mm., where it makes a small loop cephalad, _lp^2_, and then opens to the
yolk-sac, _y_. The yolk-sac is shown here simply as an irregular piece
of tissue, the yolk having been removed.
The anterior intestinal portal, _aip_, and posterior intestinal portal,
_pip_, are in close proximity with each other.
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