THE ADRENAL BODIES 



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FIG. 15. Ventral view of kidneys, 

 etc., of Raja batis. This drawing 

 represents a not unusual condition 

 in the rays, in which there is 

 bridge-like communication be- 

 tween the inter-renals of the two 

 sides. The sympathetic is shown 

 to some extent to about the middle 

 oFthe left kidney. 



Lettering common to Figs. 15, 18, 19 

 a.a., axillary artery ; a.i.r., an- 

 terior broken-off portions of the 

 inter-renal body ; ao., aorta ; 

 ax.h., anterior pair of suprarenal 

 bodies ; h.k., head kidney ; i.a., 

 intercostal arteries ; i.r., inter- 

 renal body ; &., kidney ; l.k., lobe 

 of kidney substance ; ce., O3so- 

 phagus cut across ; s.r., suprarenal 

 bodies ; sy., main chain of the 

 sympathetic ; sy. g., sympathetic 

 ganglion ; sy. pi., sympathetic 

 plexus. 



that the modified pronephros of Teleosts represents the adrenal 

 body in these fishes. 1 



1 Since this view has now been completely abandoned, there is no need to 



