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From these points the muscular substance passes 
up along the walls of the thorax for some distance, and 
then bends inward somewhat abruptly to end in the 
central tendon. 
ee FP MNGARE REPRODUCTIVE, ORGANS. 
Tf dissected upon a new dog, open the abdomen as tn 
the dissection of the abdominal viscera, and remove the 
stomach, intestines and liver. Then cut through the 
skin and muscles above the pubts symphysis so as to ex- 
pose thts and the ramt running from tt above and 
below for a short distance. Cut through the sym- 
physis with bone forceps, and the rami above and 
below the obturator foramen at a distance of about 
one-half inch on each side of the symphysis. Remove 
‘ carefully the preces of bone thus tsolated. 
1. The Ovaries. <A pair of oval bodies of a pale 
color, lying posterior and dorsal to the kidneys, at the 
termination of the oviducts. Each, in the small dogs, 
is less than one one-half inch long, and is concealed 
in a membranous capsule, which must be cut open to 
fully expose the ovary. 
2. The Oviducts. Each consists of two parts : pos- 
teriorly a thick-walled tube, which unites with its 
fellow of the opposite side to form the body of 
the uterus; anteriorly a very small convoluted tube 
lying close to the ovary—the Fallopian tube. The 
oviduct is connected to the dorsal wall of the 
abdomen throughout its whole length by a broad 
fold of peritoneum, ¢he broad ligament. 
a. THE Fatiopian TuBE is very narrow and 
slightly convoluted. . It lies close to the ovary ; its 
anterior end expands into a capsule surrounding the 
