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region. It is, however, intersected liy the liorizontal and verticcal planes \Yhich 

 separate the hypochondriac, huiil):ir. epigastric, and mnbilical regions from eacli 

 other, and hence belongs to all tiiese segments of the abdominal space. Its 



Fig. 609.— Section of Kidney showing the Sints. (After Heule.) 



CORTEX PROPER ^-r-rjCT 



/ \ 



Vessels 



BOTTOM OF SINUS 



ATTACHMENT OF CALYX 



APEX OF PAPILLA WITH 

 ORIFICES OF URINIFER- 

 OUS TUBULES 



MARGIN OF HILUM 





BOTTOM OF SINUS 



- TWO PAPILL/E SURROUNDED BY A 

 SINGLE CALYX 



Fig. 610.— Diagram of Relations of Posterior Surface of I^v.yt Kidney. 



Outer border of quadratus 

 lumboruiu 



) LOWER BORDERS OF ELEVENTH 

 / AND TWELFTH RIBS 



AREA OF PLEURAL CONTACT OPPOSITE 

 ■HIATUS DIAPHRAGMATICUS ' 



Ligamentum arcuatum 

 internum 



Ligamentum arcuatum 

 externum 



vertical level may be said to correspond to tlie last thoracic and two ujtper lumbar 

 vertebra', the right lying in most cases from a tliinl to half an incli lower than tin- 

 left, but excfptioiis to tliis rule are not unfrecpu'ut. 



The posterior surface (ligs. GIO, (HI), with the corresponding portion of the 



