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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: New York : William Wood and co.
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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ers Handbook, 1S71 ; v. Brunn in Arch. f. niifcr. Anat., YIIl. ; and GottingerNachr., 1S73 ; Crehjhton in Proc. E. S., 1577 and Jcnmal of Anat. and Phys., XIII. ;Mitsuhuri in Quarteiiy Joum. of ..Micro. Sci., 15S2. THE rPJXAET OEGAXS. The urinary organs consist of the Icidneys, the glands by which theurine is secreted, and the ureters, Uadder, and urethra, serving for itsreception and evacuation. THE KIDNEYS. The Iciilneys, two in number, are deeply seated in the loins, lyingone on each side of the verteljral column, at the back part of theabdominal cavity, and behind the peritoneum. They ai-e on a levelAvith the last dorsal and the two or three upper lumbar vertebra?, theright kidney being usually a little lower than the left, probably inconsequence of the vicinity oi the laige right lobe of the liver. They 618 THE KIDXEYS. 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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Fig. 562.—The urinary organs of the female from behind (Henle). R, right kidney; U. commencement of the meter ; A, aorta ; Ar, right renal artery;Tc, vena cava; Vr, right renal vein; Vu, nrirary bladder ; Ua, commencement ofurethra, h The kidneys measure about 4 inches in length, 2-i 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 usually stated tobe about 4; oz. in the male, and somewhat less in the female. STEUCTUEE OF THE KIDNEYS. 649 Porm and Connections.—The surface of the kidney is smooth, andof a deep red colour. Its form is peculiar : it is compressed from beforebackwards with a conyex outer, and concave inner border, and somewhatenlarged extremities, the upper extremity being sei 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 commencement of th

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