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THE EVOLUTION OF MAN. 



become oviducts, traces of the WolfRan ducts remain, and 

 are known as " Gartner's canals." 



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Ftgs. 32-1 32G. — Urinary and sexnal organs of an embryonic Ox. Fig. 

 324, of female embryo of IJ inch in length ; Fig. 325, of male embryo 

 of 24 inches in length; Fig. 326, of female embryo of 2| inches in length : 

 w, primitive kidney ; wg, Wolff"s duct ; m, Miiller's duct ; m', upper end of 

 he latter (opened at f); i, lower thickened end of the same (rudiment 

 of litems) ; g, genital cord ; h, testes {h', lower, h", upper testis-cord) ; 

 0, ovary ; o\ lower ovary-cord ; i, groin-cord of the primitive kidney ; 

 d, diaphragm-cord of the primitive kidney ; n, permanent kidneys (below 

 these the S-shaped urine-duct ; between the two the rectum) ; v, urine- 

 bladder ; a, navel-artery. (After Kolliker.) 



Tlie most interesting facts in reference to this remark- 

 able development of the primitive kidney ducts and their 

 union with the sexual glands are exhibited in Amphibia 

 (Figs. 821-823). The first rudiment of the primitive kidney 

 ducts and their differentiation into the Miillerian and 



