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small branches into the phrenic and renal veins. Those on the left side empty 

 into the renal vein. The lymphatics of this organ pass into the renal glands. 

 The renal glands, as well as the suprarenal capsule, contain a good deal of pig- 

 ment. 



Nerve Supply. — Solar and renal plexuses, and possibly the splanchnic, 

 phrenic, and the pneumogastric nerves. 



The other ductless glands mentioned will be described in their proper 

 places. 



PLATE CI. 



DORSI-SPINAL VEINS 



INTERCOSTAL VEI 



ANTERIOR LONGITUDINAL 

 MENINGO-RACHIDIAN. 



INTERCOSTAL VEIN 



VENAE BASIS VERTEBRARUM. 



Veins of Spinal Cord and Column (Transverse View.) 

 Larynx. (Plate CXXIL) 



The larynx (the organ of phonation) is thai part of the trachea in which 

 vocal sound is made and modulated. It is the upper end of the trachea which is 

 enlarged and modified. It opens by the glottis into (he pharynx and is con- 

 tinuous below with the trachea. The larynx is larger in men than in women 

 by about one-third. In some animals the larynx may be situated any where 

 along the wind pipe or even in the bronchial tubes. In birds there are two 

 larynges, one at the top of the trachea ami the other, at the bottom of the 

 trachea, which is called syrinx. The opening of the trachea is called the glottis. 

 The word glottis is sometimes applied to this opening with the contiguous 



