"Anatomy, physiology and laws of health;" (1885) (14779265374)

Identifier: anatomyphysiolog00jord (find matches)
Title: "Anatomy, physiology and laws of health;"
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Jordan, Johnson H. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Medicine, Popular Anatomy Physiology
Publisher: Chicago, W. H. Moore & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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e plen-tifully than to any other organ. It also has a branch extended to itfrom the great sympathetic nerve, which causes it to sympathize soreadilj with other parts of the body when they are diseased. Letany important organ of the system become seriously affected, and thepatient soon becomes sick at the stomach. The Intestines.The Intestines, or alimentary canal, as they are sometimes called,are divided into two parts, the small and large intestines. The smallintestine, in an adult is about twenty-five to thirty feet in length, THE LAWS OF HEALTH. 35 and the large one about five feet, being altogether some five or sixtimes, longer than the body. They are attached to the spine or back-bone, by folds of the peritoneum, which is here called the mesentery,and which contains the mesentery glands. It spreads out from thespine like a ruffle from the bosom of a shirt, having the intestinesattached to its edge, and allows them to float somewhat loosely inthe cavi<-y of the abdomen. *IG. 9.
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Front View of Organs in the Chest and Abdomen.Fig. 9.—The figures three and four represent the lobes of the right and left lungs;5, the right ventricle of the heart; 6, the left ventricle; 7, the right auricle; 8, theleft auricle: 9, the pulmonary artery; 10, the aorta; 11, the descending vena cava;12, the trachea; 13, the oesophagus; 14, 14, the pleura, which lines the inside of thechest; 15, 15, the diaphragm, which separates the lungs and heart from the stomachand liver; 16, 16, the right and left lobes of the liver; 17, the gall bladder; 18, thestomach, partly overlapped by left lobe of the liver; 26, the spleen; the duodenum(19, 19,) is partly seen immediately under the left lobe of the liver; 20, the ascend-ing colon; 21, the transverse colon; 25, the descending colon; 22, 22, 22, 22, the 36 ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND small intestines; 23, 23, the walls of the abdomen turned down. The kidneys lieimmediately behind the stomach and liver. The muscles of the chest, and ends ofthe ri