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Show 1 9 0 5 .] VASCULAR SYSTEM OF LACERTILIA. 4 7 5 running one is much the shorter; the posteriorly running vein extends back to nearly the end of the liver, but sends no branches into that organ nor is it continuous, so far as I could make out, Text-fig. 64. Hepatic portal system of Ophisaurus. Ant.Abd. Anterior abdominal; ep. Epigastric veins; G. Gall-bladder; g.v. Gastric vein; q.hep. Gastro-hepatic veins; gast. Gastric artery; L.v. Lateral vein on liver receiving gastro-liepatics; L. Liver; p. Pancreas; par.hep. Paneto-hepatic veins ; P.v. Portal vein. |