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Show 442 MR. F. E. BEDDARD ON THE [Mar. lo, divides into two equally-sized branches, one of which plunges at once into the parietes at the side of the vertebral column ; while the other is continued forwards, and finally ends just opposite to the emergence (on the left side of the vertebral column) of the left dorsal hepato-parietal vessel, which passes to the liver by way of the stomach. The Oviducal veins (text-fig. 90, p. 441) are somewhat complicated. A continuous vessel, much contorted to allow for necessary stretching, runs along the oviduct. Into this open altogether eight transversely-running veins in the case of both oviducts. Ihese may be divided into two series. The first six communicate directly with the vena cava; the last two belong to the afferent renal system. The six anterior oviducal veins seem, at least occasionally, to receive branches from the suprarenal body which lies in close contact Veins of kidney of Iguana tuberculata. A, B, C, parietal veins; Ant.Abd., anterior abdominal; Ca., caudal vein; K., kidney; Lat.Abd., lateral abdominal; Od., oviducal. with the vena cava. In the case of the right oviduct the first of the oviducal vessels which are connected with the renal system has a rather complicated course. It is a very stout vessel, and runs very nearly as far as the right vena cava, where it divides into two branches (see text-fig. 91). The anterior of these branches |
