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Show 3 1 6 MR. R. H. BURNE ON THE [Apr. 18, tlie apex of the right lobe of the liver. It has a similar position in Emys and Testudo. The lining membrane of the first fourteen feet of the intestine is strongly reticulated, as in Chelone imbricata (Bronn's ‘ Thierreich,' Bd. vi. pi. 38. fig. 1). The last thirty-two inches form the rectum, distinguished by a finely villous lining. Text-fig. 70. Dermochelys coriacea, abdominal viscera seen from the ventral aspect. asc.ces. ascending limb of (esophagus, desc.ces. descending limb of (esophagus, ffl.b. gall-bladder, ffl.st. globular part of stomach, int. intestine, l.a.abd.v. left anterior abdominal vein, pc. pericardium, pt.s. peritoneal sac, r.a.abd.v. right anterior abdominal vein, s.v. sinus venosus, spl. spleen, tb.st. tubular pait of the stomach. The Liver. (Text-fig. 70.) The liver consists of a large right and a smaller left lobe united by a narrow transverse isthmus, and thus has very much the same form as that of Testudo. |