The dissector's manual of practical and surgical anatomy / By Erasmus Wilson.

  • Wilson, Erasmus, Sir, 1809-1884.
Date:
1856
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    omentnra and small intestines, the cajciim, ascending and des- cending colon, with the sigmoid flexure, and ureters. Fig. 16. The Viscera op the Abdomen in Situ.—1. 1. The flaps of the abdominal parietes turned aside. 2. The^liver, its left lobe. 3. Its right lobe. 4. The fundus of the gall-bladder. 5. The round ligament of the liver, issuing from the cleft of the longitudinal fissure, and passing along the parietes of the abdo- men to the umbilicus. 6. Part of the broad ligament of the liver. 7. The stomach. 8. Its pyloric end. 9. The commencement of the duodenum. ^. The lower extremity of the spleen, b, b. The greater omentum, c, c. The small intestines, d. The ca;cum. e. The appendix cteci. /. The ascending colon. g,g. The transverse colon, h. The descending colon. /. The sigmoid flexure of the colon, k. Appendices epiploica) connected with the sigmoid flexure. /. Three ridges, representing the cords of the urachus and the umbilical arteries ascending to the umbilicus, m. Part of the under surface of the diaphragm. The smooth and polished surface which the viscera and pari- etes of the abdomen ])resent, is due to the peritoneum. Peritoneum.—The peritoneum {rtf^iitiivdv, to extend around) is a serous membrane, and therefore a shut sac : a single excep- tion exists in the human subject to this character, namely, in the female, where tlic peritoneum is ])erforatod by the open extremi- ties of the Fallopian tubes, and is continuous with their mucous lining, Tlie simplest idea that can be given of a serous membrane