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Updated: May 10, 2025
The hollow or concave side of the kidneys is turned inwards, and the deep fissure of this side, known as the hilus, widens out to form the pelvis. Through the hilus the renal artery passes into each kidney, and from each hilus passes outwards the renal vein, a branch of the inferior vena cava.
Steady, moderate drinking will often accomplish the work. Kidney diseases produced by alcoholic drinks, are less responsive to medical treatment and more fatal than those arising from any other known cause. Experiment 129. Obtain a sheep's kidney in good order. Notice that all the vessels leave and enter the kidney at the hilus.
A convulsive motion of some of the muscles used in breathing, accompanied by a shutting of the glottis. Hilum, sometimes written Hilus. A small fissure, notch, or depression. A term applied to the concave part of the kidney. Of the same kind or quality throughout; uniform in nature, the reverse of heterogeneous. Humor. The transparent contents of the eyeball.
Observe a small thick-walled vessel with open mouth from which may be pressed a few drops of blood. This is the renal artery. Pass a bristle down it. With the forceps, or even with a penknife, lift from the kidney the fine membrane enclosing it. This is the kidney capsule. Divide the kidney in halves by a section from its outer to near its inner border. Do not cut directly through the hilus.
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