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TAB. IX
E X P L A N A T I O N OF THE TABLES,
T A B L E vm.
THIS Table, of fome parts of a Sturgeon, is chiefly intended to Aow two
holes or eanals placed at the fides of the anus, through which liquors efFufed into
the cavity of the abdomen may be readily difcharged ; and two otlier holes at
the bottom of funnels, by which the cavity of the abdomen communicates with
the pelves of the kidneys.
In FIOUEE IFT,
A, Rcprefents the upper and B the under part of t i e Ihilt or teffis of thè
male.
C, The inteftinum redum entire, and D the anus flit open.
EFG, The pelvis of the left kidney cut open in three places, and thè orifices
of the mfundibula, which difcharge the urine into it, feen.
HI, The lower end H of the pelvis of the left kidney, joined with I, the
lower end of the pelvis of the right kidney.
K, An outlet or urethra common to the two kidneys.
LM, A membrane, which forms the fore part of a funnel NO, and whichj '
by a hole P at its under part, communicates with tire middle part of the pelvis
of the kidney.
Q R and S, Two probes paflid from the cavity of the abdomen, out at two '
holes placed at the fides of the inteftinum reftum.
F i g . 2.
In this figure C D reprefent the inteftinum redum.
G, Part of the pelvis of the kidney cut open.
^ R , A probe put into the hole or outlet from the abdomen which is at the
right lide of the anus.
T A B L E IX.
THIS Table rcprefents principal parts of the flmflurc of the abdominal bowels
in a fmall female Skate.
FLO. I.
A A, The fore part of the body.
B, The lower end of the flomach,
C, A plexus of the lafteals and cellular receptacle of the chyle.
D, The
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