Fig. 53.—SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF BLOOD THROUGH BRANCHES OF THE AORTA.
A. The aorta.
B. Branches given off for the aorta to supply one portion of the intestines.
C. Branches given off by the aorta to supply other portions of the intestines. A complete communication may be traced between these vessels from the origin of one to that of the other.
D. The pancreas, or sweetbread, a large gland that forms the pancreatic juice, which it pours in through the duct. (See [Fig. 50].)
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E E E. The large intestines, forming the termination of the alimentary canal.