48 FEMALE UROGENITAL ORGANS OF PERAMELES 



of the broad ligament just above the round ligament and projects 

 into the peritoneal pouch dorso-laterally. It is attached to the 

 uterus by a short posterior ovarian ligament which joins the 

 uterus in close proximity to the point of origin of the round 

 ligament from the same. From the anterior point of attachment 

 of the ovary there passes off a delicate short ligament which enters 

 the round ligament and represents the anterior ovarian ligament. 

 This close association of the ovarian ligaments with the round 

 ligament is interesting in view of the statement of Mihalkovics 

 (6, p- 418) that "die Anlage des Eierstockbandes mitdem runden 

 Gebarmutterbande einen proximal-distal warts sich erstreckenden 

 -continuierlichen Strang bildet." 



Fallopian Tubes. 



Each is a greatly convoluted thin tube measuring as much as 

 4 cm. in length, and sharply marked oflF from the uterus. The 

 greater part of the tube lies in the antero-dorsal wall of the peri- 

 toneal pouch, above the anterior end of each uterus. Its peritoneal 

 opening, connected with the anterior end of the ovary by the 

 infundibulo-ovarian fimbria, is markedly fimbriated and during 

 life closely invests the ovary from above. 



Uteri. 



The utei'i of Peraraeles are somewhat club-shaped in form, very 

 much broader and thicker in front than behind, and also \evy 

 much longer than wide (Plate i., fig. 1, tU. and tit. n.). Each 

 consists of a swollen anterior portion forming what we may, for 

 convenience of description, term the "body" of the uterus, i.e., 

 the portion in which the young undergo their development, and 

 of a much narrower posterior portion, not sharply marked ofi" 

 from the former, which may be termed the " neck," and which 

 opens posteriorly into one of the median vaginal cul-de-sacs. In 

 the organs represented in fig. 1 the body of the uterus had a 

 length of 9 mm. and a breadth of 5-5 mm., while the uterine necks 

 (including the median vaginae) measured 11 mm. in length and 

 3-5 mm. in conjoint breadth. 



