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9 2 E X P L A N A T I O N OF THE T A B L E S .
T A B L E XV I I I .
IN this Table, the abdominal vifcera of a Skate, with the laileal and lyn\-
phatic veflels injedcd with wax, and their termination on the right fide, are reprefcntcd.
F I G . I.
1 , 1 , The two noftrils and organs of fmell.
2. and 3, The two jaws and teeth.
4 , 5 , 6 , 7, 8, The five gills on the right fide.
9 , The cefophagus.
10, IT, 12, A funnel, with a probe in it, from the bottom of the pericardium,
dividing into two pipes ; which, upon the fide of the cefophagus, open into
the cavity of the abdomen.
13, The ftomach.
1 4 , The pylorus.
1 5 , The fmall inteiline.
1 6 , The appendix vermiformis or c^cum.
1 7 , The common cloaca and anus.
18, 19, 20, Three lobes into \vliidi die liver Is divided.
2 1 , 1 he gall-bladder.
22, The place at which the ductus communis choledochus terminates,
23, The fpleen.
24, The pancreas.
25, The ovarium.
26, Part of the Fallopian tube or oviduct.
27, A glandular white body through which the ovldua paffes.
28, The uterus containing an ovum.
29, 29, A probe pafled from a hole at the fide of the anus Into tlie abdomen.
• 30, A kind of valve, which renders the entrance of a probe from without difficult,
but allows it to pafs readily from the cavity of the abdomen outwards,
3 1 , The kidney.
32, The fpinc.
A , Laaeals from the upper part of the great gut, the cxcum, and fmall inteiline.
B , Lacccals from the pylorus, and lymphatics from the pancreas.
C , Laclcals from the leiTer cui-vature and right fide of the ftomach.
D , A trunk which receives lymphatics from the fpleen and fome iadeals from
the ftomach.
E,