DUODENAL • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Duodenal

... the gizzard the section cuts the so-called caecum, ce, a little nearer its anterior end than is shown in figure 7. The duodenum, d, is cut at five points, and has about the same structure as in the preceding figure. The character of the duodenal loops that causes the rather curious appearance of the present figure will be readily understood by reference to figure 7, though the reconstruction is not mathematically accurate. The ventral projection of the lower loops of the duodenum into the umbilicus is seen both in the ...

— Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator • Albert M. Reese