CHAPTER VI 



THE UROGENITAL SYSTEM 



The organs of urination and rcproilnction are studied together, 

 because some of them serve both as passages for the urine and the 

 products of the genital organs. 



THE ORGANS OF URINATION 



Tliese are the Ividncys, the ureters, the bladder, and the 

 urethra. 



Ureters 



'/ Kidney 



Anterinr mesenteric ^,„„; „,,,„-,, 



artery (slump) 



Fig. 29. — Kiilnej's and adrenal glands, ventral v\e\v. Photograph of organs 

 hardened /(( situ. (Sisson, Anatomy of Domestic Animals.) 



The kidneys arc paired excretory glands (Fig. 29). The right 

 kidney is heart shaped, and is placed under the upper ends of the 

 last two ribs and the transverse process of the first lumbar vertebra. 



