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THE KIDNEYS, BY C. LUDWIG. 



lobule to lobule, but if continuous at all, is only so at their 

 roots. 



We now return to the vas efferens glomeruli. When this 



Fig. 151. 



Fig, 151. Glomerulus from the kidney of the Cat. Magnified 300 

 diameters, a i, Arteria interlobularis ; v a, vas affereris ; v e, vas 

 efferens. 



has left the capsule, it runs towards the nearest medullary ray; 

 or where this, as in the outermost layer of the cortex, is absent, 

 immediately towards the tortuous portion of the tubules, where 



Fig. 152. 



Fig. 152. From the kidney of the Pig, showing the mode of division 

 of a vas afferens into a lobulated glomerulus. 



it divides into a number of speedily anastomosing capillaries. 

 As, with the exception of those lying near the medulla, all the 

 vasa efferentia divide in this manner, and as the marginal 



