An introduction to the study of human anatomy (Volume 2).

  • James Paxton
Date:
1837-1840
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Credit: An introduction to the study of human anatomy (Volume 2). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    7. LYMPHATIC VESSELS OF THE SPLEEN, PANCREAS, AND LIVER. The lymphatics of the spleen are very numerous; the superficial and deep branches, uniting at its fissure into a few trunks, form a plexus round the splenic vessels, and pass beneath the duodenal extremity of the pancreas, to the inferior lymphatics of the liver. The lymphatics of the pancreas proceed from the sub- stance of that gland, and unite with the lymphatics of the spleen and stomach. The lymphatics of the liver are extremely numerous, nor does any organ in the body appear to contain so many; and, like those of the other viscera, it has a superficial and a deep-seated series, which, however, so freely communi- cate, that, upon injecting the external lymphatics, the deep internal are readily filled from them. On the right lobe they collect into four fasciculi; the first is formed by the lymphatic vessels, which commence between the laminae of the suspensory ligament, and, uniting into two or three trunks, enter the thorax near the ensiform cartilage, traverse some of the glands, and open into the thoracic duct near the left internal jugular vein. The second traverses the right lateral ligament of the liver, and divides into two series; the one superior, which mounts into the thorax, and afterwards returns into the abdomen with the aorta, to terminate in the neighbouring glands ; the other inferior, which extends along the last ribs, and unites with the intercostal lymphatics, to open into the thoracic duct. The third fasciculus is distributed to the middle of the right lobe, and unites with the preceding at the posterior part of the liver. The fourth fasciculus commences in the anterior part of the right lobe, and unites with the deep series, and with some glands near the pylorus. In the left lobe of the liver, the lymphatics unite with
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