THE RABBIT. 



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portion with thin walls, the Fallopian tube, and a lower, 

 stouter, and thicker-walled uterus. The two uteri cross the 

 course of the ureters, running ventral to them, and open 

 into a median passage, the vagina, which lies dorsal to. the 

 urinary bladder into which the ureters open. This oblique 



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Fig. 64. RENAL AND REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS OF FEMALE RABBIT. 

 Ventral view. 



course of the oviducts is due to a shifting of the ovaries 

 from their original position nearer the middle line than 

 the kidneys. The bladder and vagina unite farther back 

 into a vestibule. Opening into this on its dorsal side are 

 a pair of small glands Cowper's glands. 



4. Ova and Spermatozoa. The ova of the rabbit 

 are microscopic nucleated cells of spherical shape (tig, 110), 



