LEPUS 



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taken by the testes in their descent ; they passed median and 

 ventral to the ureters as is shown also by the course of the 



ab._ 



Fig. 65. — Lepus : dissection of the male urinogenital system seen from the 



ventral side. 

 a, anus ; ab, ad, adrenal body ; b, bladder ; da, dorsal aorta ; e, epi- 

 didymis ; g, gubernaculum ; ia, iliac artery ; k, kidney ; o, ovary ; oa, 

 ovarian artery ; od, oviduct ; p, penis ; r, rectum ; ra, renal artery ; sa, 

 spermatic cord ; ss, scrotal sac ; t, testis ; u, ureter ; ut, uterus ; v, vesti- 

 bule ; va, vagina ; vet, vena cava inferior ; vd, vas deferens. 



vas deferens. The epididymis is connected with the scrotal 

 sac by an elastic cord, the gubernaculum, which in early stages 



