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Show 438 MR. F. E. BEDDARD ON THE [Mar. 15, more on the plan of the epigastric system ^ Tikqnathnn^ that of Varanus. It arises chiefly from the anterior «^«mnal some way before the entry of the latter into the liver and runs forward to the liver, which it enters m common with the last of the three ventral parieto-hepatic veins. Posteriorly, 1 am inclined to think, it is continuous with a slender vessel arism from the bladder in common with certain branches of the anter or abdominal vein (see text-fig. 88). Its course, at least anteriorly, Text-h>. R.AxtAU. RFB Anterior abdominal and median epigastric vein of Iguana tuberculata. Bh, veins of bladder; Epig., median epigastric; L.Ant.Abd., left root of anterior abdominal; L.F.B., veins of left fat-body; Lat.Aid., lateral abdominal; B.Ant.Abd., right root of anterior abdominal; R.F.B., veins of right fat-body. is accurately along the ventral median line. The lateral epigastric veins are well developed and are like those of Varanus; they spring from the anterior abdominals nearer to the union of these vessels in the middle line than do the posterior vertebrals. I |
