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THE OVARY. 



[SECTS. 202, 2O3. 



zootomico-fisiologicke, Pavia, 1836. J. Muller, in Archiv., 1834.^.202. G. 

 Valentin, in Mull. Arch., 1838. Kobelt, Bie M'dnnlichen vnd Weiblichen 

 Wollustorgane, Freib., 1844. Herberg, Be Erectione Penis, Lips., 1844, 

 Kolliker, in Verhandl. d. Wiirzb. Med.-Phys. Ges., 1851. Kohlrausch, Ztir 

 Atiat. und Phgs. d. Bechenorgane, Leipzig, 1854. Ecker, Bon. Phys., tab. xix. 

 Duplay, Rech. sur hi Sperme des Vietflards, in Arch. General, 1852, Dec. 



B. Female Sexual Organs. 



§ 202. The female sexual organs consist, 1. of the ovaries — two 

 follicular glands for the formation of the ova — together with 

 certain bodies named the appendages to the ovary, or peir-ovaria ; 

 and of the two Fallopian tubes, -which serve as the excretory ducts 

 of the glands, although they are not directly connected with them ; 

 2. of the uterus, for the lodgment and nourishment of the embryo; 

 and 3. of the vagina and external genital organs, which serve for 

 the passage of the fcetus in parturition, as well as for sexual 

 intercourse. 



$ 203. Ovary, Appendage to Ovary. — The ovaries, ovaria, are 

 composed of special envelopes and a stroma or parenchyma, con- 

 taining the ova. The envelopes consist of a 

 peritoneal covering, which invests the whole of 

 the organ, except the lower border, and of a 

 firm, white, fibrous- coat, tunica albuginea s. 

 propria. This coat is .{'" in thickness, and 

 firmly encloses the whole parenchyma, with 

 which it is intimately connected. Although 

 not sharply defined from the stroma, it does 

 not send inwards any processes into its sub- 

 stance, and, in this respect, differs from the 

 corresponding tunic of the testicle, with which, 

 in regard of structure, it exactly corresponds. 

 The stroma is a dense fibrous substance, of a 

 reddish-grey colour, and moderately firm. It 

 is formed of nucleated connective tissue, in 

 which the fibrillse are but indistinctly visible, 

 and this supports the Graafian follicles and the 

 vessels. At the lower border of the ovary, 

 where the vessels enter, and where Graafian 

 follicles are never situated, it forms a compact lamella, which 

 extends into the interior of the organ, and radiates hence towards 



Transverse section of 

 the ovary of a female, 

 who died in the fifth 

 month of pregnancy, a. 

 Graafian follicles of the 

 lower surface ; b. the 

 same of the upper sur- 

 face; c. peritoneal la- 

 mella of the lig. latum, 

 continuing upon the 

 ovary, and blending, 

 with d., its tunica albu- 

 ginea ; e. stroma of the 

 ovary. In the interior 

 are seen two corpora al- 

 bicantia (the remains of 

 corpora lutea). 



