Identifier: diseasesofkidney01kell (find matches)
Title: Diseases of the kidneys, ureters and bladder, with special reference to the diseases of women
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Kelly, Howard A. (Howard Atwood), 1858-1943 Brödel, Max, 1870-1941 Burnam, Curtis Field, 1877-
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Publisher: New York, London : D. Appleton and company

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or there may be two separate arteriescoming from the aorta or common iliac. The next branches below, supplying the pelvicspindle, are derived from the internal iliac or one of its divisions. Further down smalltributaries are seen coming from the uterine, vaginal, and middle vesical, occasionallyfrom the inferior vesical arteries. Most of these ureteral branches give off little twigsto the surrounding fat and peritoneum. In the outer coat the ureteral branches form aplexus, the larger vessels of which are very tortuous. These run parallel with the longaxis of the ureter and anastomose freely, making it possible to inject the entire ureterfrom any of its arteries. IV shows the arterial circulation of the ureter seen from the mucous surface, five times mag- nified. V representsthe arterial circulation of the renal pelvis seen from within,three times magnified. VI is a transverse section of the ureter showing the relation of the vascularization to the individual coats, twice natural size.
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Uter(ae art. and ureteral tr. Middle vesical arul Ureteral br Obliterated hypogastric ^Superior vesiccxl CHAPTER y. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE URINARY ORGANS. Here the physiologist has the problem of investigating and making clearthe functions which result in removal of the urine from the blood and itsdischarge from the body. These two distinct processes, termed secretion andexcretion, are, so far as is known to-day, the only functions of the kidney andother urinary organs. Secretion is a complicated, vital process in which manyphysical and chemical factors play parts. The kidney alone of the urinaryorgans is concerned with this function. The removal of the secreted urine isa mechanical process in which all the organs have a part. As will be shown,the organs of excretion are peculiarly adapted to meet the needs of animals,in that the constantly secreted urine is accumulated in reservoirs, the prin-cipal one being the urinary bladder, and discharged at convenient times andunder the influence of

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