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orifice, the ostium internum; this will hardly admit a 

 fine bristle ; it continues narrow along the inner half of the 

 tube, and then gradually widens into a trumpet-shaped ex- 

 tremity that becomes contracted at its termination. This 

 orifice is called the ostium abdominale, and communicates 

 with the peritoneal cavity. Its margins are surrounded 

 by a series of fringe-like processes, termed fimbrince; one 

 of these processes is connected with the outer end of the 

 ovary. The name fimbriated extremity is applied to this 



FIG. 150. Transverse section of the human Fallopian tube (Schenck). 



part of the tube ; owing to the peculiar manner in which it 

 embraces the surface of the ovary during sexual excite- 

 ment it is also called morsus diaboli. 



The Fallopian tubes consist of three coats serous, 

 muscular, and mucous. 



The Ovaries. The ovaries are oval bodies, of an 

 elongated form, flattened from above downward, and 

 situated one on each side of the uterus in the posterior 

 part of the broad ligament, behind and below the Fallopian 

 tubes. Bach ovary is connected, by its anterior margin, 



