ANATOMY OF THE LEATHERY TURTLE. 



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the right anterior abdominal vein may be quite insignificant, not 

 more than a quarter the size of that of the left side. 



Within the liver there is an open communication between the 

 anterior abdominal and hepatic portal veins. 



Text-fig. 72. 



Dermochelys coriacea, left kidney wltli its associated veins and arteries. 



af.r.v. atferent renal vein, ao. aorta, ef.r.v. efferent renal vein il. i!j""^,i?.«. chief 

 affluent of afferent renal vein, l.a.abd.v. left anterior abdominal vein, oM.v. 

 obturator vein, ttr. nretur, v.c.i. vena cava inferior. 



The efferent renal veins are in no way peculiar. They rvui 

 forward, one on either side, along the median borders of the 

 kidneys, and at their anterior extremities unite to form the vena 



