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Excerpt from Our Domestic Animals Health and Disease: Organs of Secretion Urinary System, Its Functions and Disorders, Cutaneous System, Its Functions and Disorders, Epizootic and Enzootic Maladies; With Numerous Illustrations
The urinary system in 'its 'most differentiated and perfect form, consists of (a), the kidneys, two in number, Whose function it is to form the urinary secretion; (b), the ureters, which are canals leading from the kidneys to a, reservoir for the secretion, viz., (c), the urinary bladder, Where the urine accumulates, and from which it is at intervals discharged through (d) the, urethra.
The kidneys are two glandular organs, situated at the back part of the abdomen, in each lumbar region. They are im bedded in fat, and their inferior surface is covered by the superior surface of the peritoneum. The shape of the kid neys is so peculiar, that Objects are often spoken of as kid ney-shaped, or reniform, when resembling the kidneys in form.
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