FEMALE ORGANS OF BIMAXA, 



705 



549 



% 



of ova, of which a recent instance had occurred in the ovarium, 

 fig. 549. 



The remnant of the TTolffian body, noticeable in most lower 

 Mammals in the form of a 

 group of parallel wavy tu- 

 bules extending from the 

 ovary between the layers of 



f / 



the broad ligament, is con- 

 stantly present in the human 

 subject, and is termed ' paro- 

 varinm,' fig. 550, , Z>, c, d, 

 the terminal ca3cum becom- 

 ing enlarged, as at /*, to form 

 the so-called t hydatid ' of Ovary ator l ?T nr diS8( ' 11!ir ? e of ""mro?i.atcd ovum, 



J Human ; nat. size. CCXLVI". 



the broad ligament : con- 

 tiguous ca?ca, b, have a tendency to become dilated : those at 

 the opposite end become atrophied, d, as does likewise the 

 duct e, the terminal portion of which, known as ' Gartner's canal' 

 in lower Mammals, can seldom be recognised in the human 



550 



Ovarium and parovaritim, Human ; nnt. M/.e. CCXLVI". 



female. The ( pavilion ' or abdominal aperture of the oviduct 

 ( f Fallopian tube,' Anthr., fig. 548, d) is richly provided with a 

 frino-e of irregularly crenate folds radiating from the beginning of 



o o / ~ o o 



the canal : the duct dilates beyond this orifice, and then gradu- 

 ally contracts to almost capillary minuteness : the surface of the 

 lining membrane of the tube is augmented by the folds continued 

 from the fimbriae, and chiefly longitudinal in direction ; these 

 subside about an inch from the uterus, where the oviduct, again 

 begins slightly to dilate : where it enters the uterus the longitu- 

 dinal impressions terminate abruptly : the epithelium of the lining 

 VOL. Tir. 7. '/. 



