. Dissection of the platana and the frog. Xenopus laevis; Rana fuscigula. In the male Platana note :— (a) The testes, a pair of ovoid pale-yellow bodies attached to the dorsal wall of the body cavity by a fold of the peritoneum. They lie on the ventral sides of the kidneys and are connected to them by efferent vessels which pass into the kidneys. (b) The corpora adiposa or fatty bodies lying in front of the kidneys. (c) The ureters which run along the outside of the kidneys and unite posteriorly to form a single duct opening into the cloaca. [In the Frog the ureters do not join together but op
. Dissection of the platana and the frog. Xenopus laevis; Rana fuscigula. In the male Platana note :— (a) The testes, a pair of ovoid pale-yellow bodies attached to the dorsal wall of the body cavity by a fold of the peritoneum. They lie on the ventral sides of the kidneys and are connected to them by efferent vessels which pass into the kidneys. (b) The corpora adiposa or fatty bodies lying in front of the kidneys. (c) The ureters which run along the outside of the kidneys and unite posteriorly to form a single duct opening into the cloaca. [In the Frog the ureters do not join together but open separately into the cloaca. Each ureter has a slight swelling, the vesicula seminalis, on its outer side.]. —Testis Kidney. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gilchrist, J. D. F. (John Dow Fisher), 1866-; Bonde, C. von; University of Cape Town. Zoological Dept. Cape town : University of Cape Town, Zoological Department
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