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broad ligament and the posterior peritoneal covering of the 

 uterus have been removed. On this side, the extremity of 

 the Fallopian tube is applied to the ovary. The exact rela- 

 tions between the ovaries and the Fallopian tubes will be 

 discussed hereafter, but Fig. 24 shows how the extremity 



FIG. 24. 



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1, the uterus, on the left, with the peritoneal covering 1 , and, on the right, this covering 1 removed ; 

 2, vaginal portion of the uterus ; 6, left Fallopian tube, with its abdominal opening free, and 

 with one fimbria attached to the ovary ; 7, right Fallopian tube, with its fimbriae grasping 

 the ovary; 8, parovarium ; 9, ovary; 10, ligament of the ovary; 11, ala vespertiliom's (por- 

 tion of the broad ligament between the ovary and the Fallopian tube); 12, broad ligament of 

 the uterus; 13, the so-called internal spermatic artery, or ovarian artery; 14, the uterine 

 artery ; 15, round ligament of the uterus. (LUSCHKA, Anatomie des Mewchen, Tubingen, 

 1804, Bd. ii., S. 828.) 



may be applied to the ovary. On the left side, are seen the 

 two layers of the broad ligament. A careful examination of 

 this figure will give a general idea of the relations of the dif- 

 ferent parts and enable us to study intelligently their minute 

 anatomy. 



The Ovaries. The situation of these bodies has already 

 been indicated. Attached, as they are, to the broad liga- 

 ment, and projecting from its posterior surface, they lie 

 nearly horizontally in the pelvic cavity, on either side of the 

 uterus. They are of a whitish color, and their form is ovoid 

 and flattened, with the anterior border, sometimes called the 

 base, attached to the broad ligament. If we closely examine 

 their mode of connection with the broad ligament, it is seen 



