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Title: Quain's elements of anatomy
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Quain, Jones, 1796-1865 Thomson, Allen, 1809-1884 Sharpey-Schäfer, E. A. (Edward Albert), Sir, 1850-1935, ed Thane, George Dancer, 1850-1930
Subjects: Human anatomy Anatomy
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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iekers Handbook, 1871 ; v. Brunn in Arch. f. mikr. Anat., VIII. ; and GotringerNachr., 1873 ; Creighton in Proc. R. S., 1877 and Joiu-nal of Anat. and Phys., XIII. ;Mitsukuri in Quarterly Journ. of Micro. Sci., 1882. THE ITHmARY ORGANS. The urinary organs consist of the Mdneys, the glands by which theurine is secreted, and the ureters, bladder, and urethra, serving for itsreception and evacuation. THE KIDTiTEYS. . The kidneys, two in number, are deeply seated in the loins, lyingone on each side of the vertebral column, at the back part of theabdominal cavity, and behind the peritoneum. They are on a levelwith the last dorsal and the two or three upper lumbar vertebrge, theright kidney being usually a little lower than the left, probably inconsequence of the vicinity of the large right lobe of the fiver. They 618 THE KIDNEYS. are maintained in this position by their vessels, and by a quantity ofsurrounding loose areolar tissue, which usually contains much fat (tunicaadiposa). Fig. 562.
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J7 -Ui Fig. 562.—The ukinakt organs op the female from behind (Henle). R, right kidney; U, commencement of tlie ureter ; A, aorta ; Ar, right i-enal artery;Vc, vena cava; Vr, right renal vein; Vu, urinary bladder ; Va, commencement ofurethra, i The kidneys measure about 4 inches in length, 2; inches in breadth,and li inch or more in thickness. The left is usually longer andnarrower than the right. The weight of the kidney is usuaUy stated tobe about 4;- oz. in the male, and somewhat less in the female. STRFCTUEE OF THE KIDNEYS. 649 Form and Connections.—The surface of the kidney is smooth, andof a deejD red colour. Its form is peculiar : it is comjjressed from beforebackwards with a convex outer, and concave inner border, and somewhatenlarged extremities, the upper extremity being set somewhat furtherback than the lower. The anterior surface, more convex than the posterior, looks somewhatoutwards, and is partially covered at its upper end by the peritoneum.The duodenum and commenc

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