THE KIDNEYS. 



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Flattened on both sides, the kidneys show two perfectly smooth faces, 

 the inferior of which always exhibits a variable number of furrows which 



Fig. 247. 



A, Left kidney ; B, Right kid- 

 ney; a, 6, Ureters; c, C, 

 Supra-renal capsules ; D, 

 Bladder; E, E, Testicles; 

 e, Head of the epididymus ; 

 e', Tail of the epididymus ; 

 F, Deferent canal; G, Pel- 

 vic dilatation of the defe- 

 rent canal ^ H, Left vesicula 

 seminales; the right has 

 been removed, along with 

 the deferent canal of the 

 same side, to show the in- 

 sertion of the ureters into 

 the bladder ; i, Prostate ; 

 J, Cowper's glands ; K, 

 Membranous, or intra-pel- 

 vic portion of the urethral 

 canal ; L, Its bulbous por- 

 tion; M, Cavernous body of 

 the penis ; m, m, Its roots ; 

 N, Head of the penis. 1, 

 Abdominal aorta ; 2, 2, Ar- 

 teries (renal) giving off the 

 principal capsular artery, 

 3, Spermatic artery, 4>. 

 Common origin of the umbilical and arteries of the bulb ; 5, Umbilical artery 6, 

 Its vesical branch ; 7, Internal artery of the bulb ^ 8, Its vesico-prostatic branch. 

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SUPERIOR AND GENERAL VIEW OF THE GENITO- 

 URINARY APPARATUS IN THE MALE, WITH THE 

 ARTERIES. 



