English: Vertical section in a plane running right and left through the anterior part of the visceral hump of Patella to show the two renal organs and their openings into the pericardium. (J.T. Cunningham.)
a, Large or external or right renal organ.
ab, Narrow process of the same running below the intestine and leading by k into the pericardium.
b, Small or median renal organ.
c, Pericardium.
d, Rectum.
e, Liver.
f, Manyplies.
g, Epithelium of the dorsal surface.
h, Renal epithelium lining the renal sacs.
i, Aperture connecting the small sac with the pericardium.
k, Aperture connecting the large sac with the pericardium.
This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.
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