Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... (/) The left horn of the uterus running obliquely toward the pelvis and downward. In the-figure the tube uterina, uterine or Fallopian tube, is not to be seen; ovary and uterus appear on this account to be connected, which, however, in reality is not the case. The uterine horn, which with that of the opposite side continues into the body of the uterus above the urinary bladder, crosses in an oblique direction (k) The terminal portion of the colon, colon descendens, which is continued directly by the rectum, without the formation of a colon sigmoideum. Below (ventrally from) the colon lie first of all (/) Loops or coils of the small intestine, which fill the inferior portion of the abdominal cavity completely. Toward the pelvis these are apposed to the apex of (m) The bladder, which in the dog lies almost entirely in the abdominal cavity, and only by the cervical portion in the cavity of the pelvis. (n) Abdominal wall. (o) Scapula. (p) Humerus. (q) Ilium. (r) Femur. (i R. W.-13 R. W.) Thoracic vertebrae. (1 L.-7 L.) Lumbar vertebra. ( 1-13) Ribs. FIG. 2. Right lateral aspect of the thoracic and abdominal viscera of the dog, as seen after the removal of all soft parts of the thoracic and abdominal walls together with the omentum (see Fig. 1) from a frozen preparation. (A) In the thoracic cavity may be noticed the right lung in the condition of slight inspiration. The right lung is divided into four lobes, of which, however, only three may be seen from the lateral aspect, namely: (a) The apical lobe; (a) the middle cardiac lobe, and (a") the basal lobe. The medial (mediastinal) lobe is not visible. Between the apical and the middle lobes is found a small notch, the cardiac notch, where lies the apical portion of (b) The heart on the costal...
