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IX.—Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Observations on the Anatomy of the Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes Weddelli). Part II.*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

David Hepburn
David Hepburn
Affiliation:
Professor of Anatomy University College, Cardiff (University of Wales).
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In my former contribution I gave a general summary of the animal under consideration, and discussed in detail the peritoneal arrangements of its abdominal cavity and the naked-eye anatomy of its alimentary organs. In the present paper I shall give an account of the genito-urinary system.

The kidneys were situated on each side of the dorsal mesial mesentery. Each was covered on its ventral aspect by the peritoneum forming the dorsal wall of the greater peritoneal sac. The right kidney was quite free from contact with the liver and the duodenum, while the left kidney was equally free from contact with the spleen. Both kidneys were therefore situated well back towards the pelvic end of the abdominal cavity. Each kidney measured 5 inches in the longitudinal diameter and 2 inches in the transverse diameter. The hinder or caudal end of each reached a point two inches from the pelvic inlet, which, as formerly described, was narrow and well defined by the course of the hypogastric (umbilical) arteries.

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Research Article
Information
Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 48 , Issue 1 , 1912 , pp. 191 - 194
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1912

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References

page 194 note * “The Anatomy of the Genito-urinary Apparatus of the adult male Porpoise,” Hepburn, and Waterston, , Trans. Royal Physical Society, Edinburgh, 1902Google Scholar.