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PHYSIOLOGY OF GONADS 



COAGULATING GLANDS 



SEMINAL VESICLE 



SEMINAL VESICLE 



■1%.^ 



AMPULLARY GLAND 

 DORSAL PR0STATE 

 VENTRAL PROSTATE 



Fic. 6.2. Mule hamster accessory repidiluri i 

 aspect. 



body outside. It is now recognized that 

 marsupials such as the opossum have a dis- 

 seminate prostate, and in Didelphys Virgini- 

 an a there are three regions which differ 



5EMINAL VESICLE 

 .- RIGHT 



DORSAL PROSTATE 



^VENTRAL PROSTATE 



gl.-inds. Above, ventral aspect; below, dor.sal 



clearly in histologic structure (Chase, 1939). 

 It may be considered that there are three 

 prostatic "lobes" probably differing in func- 

 tion as well as in structure. Although Oude- 



