753 



ANATOMY OF VERTEBRATES. 



the indent of its primitive division. The remnant of the Wolffian 

 body, e,, c, is long recognisable as the ' parovarium.' The 

 ovaries, d, d, are smooth and elongate ; the round ligaments, b, />, 

 are relatively large. 



In certain malformations more or less of the primitive condi- 



591 



592 



Female organs, foetal Deer, cccxxi". 



Female organs, Human foetus of three months, cccxxi". 



tions of the genital organs are retained, and give rise to ' her- 

 maphrodite ' states of the parts. In fig. 593, a, a, are the testes 

 with which the ducts, /, -in fig. 589, had effected their union, 



593 and become ' vasa de- 



ferentia,' fig. 593, d, d: 

 b is a combination of epi- 

 didymis with the abdo- 

 minal ends of the ' mul- 

 lerian ducts,' g, figs. 589, 

 593, here continuing 

 closed and having be- 

 come adherent to the 

 mass including a rem- 

 nant of the Wolffian body. 

 Development of the mul- 

 lerian ducts has, how- 

 ever, proceeded to a de- 

 finition of the oviduct or 

 fallopian tube, fig. 593, 

 <7, and of the uterine 

 horn,/",/", with the body 

 of the uterus and vagina, 

 e : it is normally reduced 

 to v protometra,' in fig. 

 525, c. 



412. Descent of testes.- -In all Mammals, save the true testi- 

 conda, a preparatory structure is established for either periodical 

 or permanent withdrawal of the testes from out the abdomen. 



Genital organs of Hermaphrodite Goat, the male parts 

 predominating, ccxxxix". 



