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the liver by the venous trunk from the yolk-sack. The venous 

 trunk leaves the body on the right side, and the arterial on the 

 left. 



The yolk-sack persists during the whole of embryonic life, 

 and in the majority of Elasmobranch embryos there arises 

 within the body walls an outgrowth from the umbilical canal 

 into which a large amount of the yolk passes. This outgrowth 

 forms an internal yolk-sack. In Mustelus vulgaris the internal 

 yolk-sack is very small, and in Mustelus laevis it is absent. 

 The latter species, which is one of those in which development 

 takes place within the uterus, presents a remarkable peculiarity 

 in that the vascular surface of the yolk-sack becomes raised into 

 a number of folds, which fit into corresponding depressions in 

 the vascular walls of the uterus. The yolk-sack becomes in this 

 way firmly attached to the walls of the uterus, and the two 

 together constitute a kind of placenta. A similar placenta is 

 found in Carcharias. 



After the embryo is hatched or born, as the case may be, the 

 yolk-sack becomes rapidly absorbed. 



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