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COMPARATIVE ANATOMY 



FIG. 371. DIAGRAM OF THE SUPRA- 

 RENAL ORGAN OF Torpedo mar- 

 morata. (After E. Grynfeldt. ) 



n.o, anterior part of the aorta and 

 its branches ; a.ax, axillary (sub- 

 clavian) artery ; b.d, dorsal, and 

 /.if, ventral branches; c.s, supra- 

 renal bodies. 



-r 



r 



c.. 



V 



V 



FIG. 372. INTERRENAL AND SUPRA- 

 RENAL ORGANS OF SQUALID.. A, 

 Mustel'K* /c r/s ; B, Centrum ru/- 

 pec'ida. (After E. Grynfeklt. ) 



ao, aorta; a.ax, axillary (subclavian) 

 artery ; b.e.s, outer margin of car- 

 dinal sinus ; c.ax, the so-called 

 "axillary body"; c.i, interrenal 

 bodies ; c.s, suprarenal bodies ; r, 

 kidney. 



most numerous along its anterior portion, projecting into the 

 lumen of the vessel so as only to be covered by its lining 

 epithelium. Their connection with the sympathetic cannot, at any 



