. Anatomy of the cat. Cats; Mammals. THE UROGENITAL SYSTEM. 255 IV. THE UROGENITAL SYSTEM. TALIS. APPARATUS UROGENI- I. The Excretory Organs. Kidney. Ren (Figs. 108 and 109). The kidneys of the cat are compact (, not lobulated) and have the usual kidney or bean form. They he in the abdomi- nal cavity, one on either side of the vertebral column, against the dorsal body wall, in the region between the third and fifth lumbar vertebrae. The right kidney is one or two centimeters farther craniad than the left, and the long axes of the two con- verge craniad a little. Each is covered by peritone
. Anatomy of the cat. Cats; Mammals. THE UROGENITAL SYSTEM. 255 IV. THE UROGENITAL SYSTEM. TALIS. APPARATUS UROGENI- I. The Excretory Organs. Kidney. Ren (Figs. 108 and 109). The kidneys of the cat are compact (, not lobulated) and have the usual kidney or bean form. They he in the abdomi- nal cavity, one on either side of the vertebral column, against the dorsal body wall, in the region between the third and fifth lumbar vertebrae. The right kidney is one or two centimeters farther craniad than the left, and the long axes of the two con- verge craniad a little. Each is covered by peritoneum on its ventral surface only (, it is retroperitoneal). At the border of the kidney, where the peritoneum passes from it to the body wall, there is an accumulation of fat, which is most abundant at the cranial end of the kidney. Within the peri- toneal investment the kidney is enclosed in a special loose fibrous covering, the capsule or tunica fibrosa, which is con- tinuous with the fibrous coat of the ureter and pelvis. In the middle of the median border of each kidney is a notch, the hilus. It gives exit to the ureter (Fig. 108, c) and renal veins. 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 Reighard, Jacob Ellsworth, 1861-1942; Jennings, H. S. (Herbert Spencer), 1868-1947. [Austin, TX] : BookLab, Inc.
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