The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity / Considered from the Standpoint of Development and Comparative Anatomy

by George S. Huntington

Fig. 370.—Dicotyles torquatus, collared peccary. Ileo-colic junction and cæcum, isolated. (Columbia University Museum, No. 1464.)

B. Ruminantia.—The cæcum is very large and the spiral coil of the colon extensive.

Fig. 371.—Capra ægagrus, Bezoar goat. Ileo-colic junction and cæcum, isolated; dried preparation. (Columbia University Museum, No. 194.)

Fig. 371 shows the cæcum of Capra ægagrus, the Bezoar goat, detached from the adjacent intestine, and illustrates the type of the ruminant pouch, of considerable length and caliber, without terminal reduction. The same parts in a preparation of Boselaphus tragocamelus, the nilghai, are shown in Fig. 372.

Fig. 372.—Boselaphus tragocamelus, nilghai. Ileo-colic junction and cæcum, isolated. (Columbia University, Study Collection.)

Fig. 373.—Bos indicus, zebu. Ileo-colic junction, cæcum, and spiral colon. (Columbia University Museum, No. 676.)