. The anatomy of the domestic animals . Veterinary anatomy. 566 URINARY ORGANS OF THE OX The kidneys of the sheep are bean-shaped and smooth, without any superficial lobation. The soft organ is regularly elliptical in form, with convex dorsal and ventral surfaces and rounded extremities; its length is about 3 inches (ca. cm.), its mdth about 2 inches (ca. 5 cm.), and its thickness a little more than 1 inch (ca. 3 cm.). They are embedded in fat normally. In position they resemble those of the ox, except that the right one is usually a little, further back, and lies under the first three lum
. The anatomy of the domestic animals . Veterinary anatomy. 566 URINARY ORGANS OF THE OX The kidneys of the sheep are bean-shaped and smooth, without any superficial lobation. The soft organ is regularly elliptical in form, with convex dorsal and ventral surfaces and rounded extremities; its length is about 3 inches (ca. cm.), its mdth about 2 inches (ca. 5 cm.), and its thickness a little more than 1 inch (ca. 3 cm.). They are embedded in fat normally. In position they resemble those of the ox, except that the right one is usually a little, further back, and lies under the first three lumbar transverse processes.^ The average weight of each is about four ounces. The hilus is in the middle of the medial border. There is a renal crest or common papilla formed by the fusion of twelve to sixteen pyramids. The ureters are, in general, like those of the horse, except in regard to the first part of the left one, which has a peculiar course, in conformity with the remark- able position of the kidney. It begins at the ventral part of the hilus (which faces. /.„. 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 Sisson, Septimus, 1865-1924. Philadelphia ; London : W. B. Saunders Company
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