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the suspensory fold of the liver (mesohepaticum) to the right 

 posterior cardinal vein, with which it connects, just in front of 

 the beginning of the median cardinal vein (i.e., immediately 



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lc 



FIG. 68. The development of the posterior part of the venpus system in the 

 frog. After Shore. A. Portion of a transverse section through the posterior 

 mesonephric region of an 18 mm. tadpole. B. Diagram of the veins of a 25-30 

 mm. tadpole. C. Diagram of the veins of the adult frog, a, Dorsal aorta; c, 

 vena cava; e, nuclei of the endothelial lining of the mesopheric sinus, continuous 

 with the vascular endothelium; /, femoral vein; i, iliac vein; lc, lateral mesone- 

 phric channel of the posterior cardinal vein; m, mesentery; ran, mesonephros; 

 n, mesonephric tubules; p, posterior cardinal veins (in C showing their original 

 location); pv, pelvic vein; rp, renal-portal vein; rr, revehent renal veins; sc, 

 sciatic vein; st, nephrostome; u, caudal vein; vcm, median mesonephric channel 

 of the posterior cardinal vein; W, Wolffian duct; x, connection between caudal 

 vein and the lateral mesonephric channels; 1-1, part of the renal-portal vein 

 formed from the lateral channel of the posterior cardinal; 2-2, part of the renal- 

 portal vein formed from the median channel of the posterior cardinal vein. 



posterior to the pronephric region). This new channel en- 

 larges rapidly and ultimately becomes the largest blood vessel 

 of the body. Through the liver it passes directly to the sinus 



