. Outlines of zoology. Zoology. 672 MAMMALIA. The pulmonary trunk divides into two pulmonary arteries, which branch into capillaries on the walls of the lungs. There the red blood corpuscles gain oxygen, and the blood is freed from much of the car- bonic acid gas which it has borne away from the tissues. The purified blood returns to the heart by two pulmonary veins, which unite as they enter the left auricle. Fig. 239.—Circulatory system of the Rabbit. {In part after Professors Parker and Krause.) («) Letters to right— External carotid. Interna] carotid. External jugular.
. Outlines of zoology. Zoology. 672 MAMMALIA. The pulmonary trunk divides into two pulmonary arteries, which branch into capillaries on the walls of the lungs. There the red blood corpuscles gain oxygen, and the blood is freed from much of the car- bonic acid gas which it has borne away from the tissues. The purified blood returns to the heart by two pulmonary veins, which unite as they enter the left auricle. Fig. 239.—Circulatory system of the Rabbit. {In part after Professors Parker and Krause.) («) Letters to right— External carotid. Interna] carotid. External jugular. Subclavian arterj'. scLzK Subclavian vein. J>.a. Pulmonary artery (cut short). Pulmonary vein. Left auricle. Left ventricle. Dorsal aorta. Hepatic veins. c. Co^Iiac artery. Anterior mesenteric. Supra-renal body. Left renal arterj'. Left renal vein. -AT. Kidney. Posterior mesenteric artery. spm. Spermatic artei-y and vein. Common iliac arterj'. (/') Letters to left— and Posterior and anterior facial. External jugular vein. Internal jugular. \ Right subclavian artery. \ Superior vena cava. Right auricle. i Right Ventricle. ; /. Inferior vena cava. j Right renal artery. ; ? Right renal vein. ! ). Supra-renal body. spin. Spermatic artery and vein. /./. llio-lumbar vein. Femoral vein. Internal iliac veins. From the left auricle, the pure blood passes into the left ventricle through a funnel-like opening, bordered by a. 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 Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur), 1861-1933; Newbigin, Marion I. (Marion Isabel), 1869-1934; Smith, Preserved, 1880-1941. fmo. New York, D. Appleton & Co.
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