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FIG. 570. Triton nodiferus. Dissection of the internal organs of a female, viewed from the 

 dorsal side. The roof of the mantle-cavity has been divided by a longitudinal incision and the 

 flaps laid out, that on the left bearing the ctenidium and osphradium, and that on the right the 

 rectum and terminal part of the oviduct. The muscular dorsal wall of the body and the 

 .introvert have been divided so as to bring into view the anterior part of the alimentary canal 

 and a portion of the nervous system. The buccal cavity has been tilted up and opened so as 

 to show the odontophore, and the oesophagus has been cut through near the anterior end. 

 A portion of the ventral wall of the crop has been removed so as to bring the internal 

 folds into view, and the interior of the nephridium with the contained portion of the 

 intestine has been exposed. The stomach is not seen, being hidden by the nephridium, and 

 the ovary is not represented, an. anus ; ant. aort. anterior aorta ; aur. auricle ; buc. buccal 

 cavity; c^r.lmc. con. cerebro-buccal connective j^cer. g. cerebral ganglia ; crop, crop; cten. 

 ctenidium ; uit. intestine ; >.(*', jaw ; /. buc. g. left buccal gangKon ; 1. sal.^l. Itfft saltvary 

 gland ; ,n./iJt. nephridium ; nep/t7 ap. nephridiat aperture ; od. odontophore'; ces. oesophagus ; 

 0.' anterior end of same, cut and turned aside; osph. osphradium; oxid. oviduct ; ^orid.' 

 terminal thick-walled portion of oviduct ; pletfr. g. pleural ganglion ; 2>ost. aort. posterior 

 aorta ; post. <?$. posterior oesophagus ; wul. s. radula sac ; net. rectum ; sal. du. salivary duct ; 

 K'<I>!<. si}ihnn ; xnj>m. g. supra-cesophageal visceral ganglion ; tent, tentacle; tent. n. tentacular 

 nerve ; t-ait. ventricle. 



