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| ==Vascular Supply== | | ==Vascular Supply== |
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| + | The oxygenated supply is from various branches of the following neighbouring trunks; aorta, renal artery, lumbar artery, phrenicoabdominal artery and the cranial mesenteric arteries. |
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| + | After perfusion of the gland the blood pools in a central vein and then exit the gland through the hilus. This then joins up with the caudal vena cava or one of it's tributaries. |
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| ==Function== | | ==Function== |