The Digestive Organs

Image #1:

Histology of the tongue showing taste-buds.

Image #2a:

Image #2:

Gastric Pits of the Stomach.

Image #3:

Electron micrograph of the Small Intestine.

Image #4:

Small Intestine.

Image #5:

Intestinal villi.

Image #5a:

Jejunum: 1=plicae.

Image #5b:

Ileum: 1=plicae.

Image #5c:

Cecum showing ileocecal valve: 1=epiploic appendages; 2=ileocecal valve;
3=cecum cut open; 4=veriform appendix.

Image #6:

Large Intestine, Colon.

Image #7:

Inner surface of colon.

Image #8:

Mesenteries, sagittal section.

Image #8:

Liver viewed from the underside:
1=common bile duct; 2=falciform ligament; 3=cystic duct; 4=gallbladder; 5=right lobe of liver;
6=duodenum; 7=pylorus; 8=pancreas (body); 9=transverse colon, cut to expose mucosa;
10=right kidney; 11=inferior vena cava; 12=aorta; 13=cauda equina; 14=left gastric artery;
15=left lobe of liver; 16=diaphragm; 17=spleen; 18=left kidney; 19=stomach (body);
20=greater omentum.

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