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REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS. 



FIG. 415. Posterior view of left uterine appendages: 1, uterus ; 2, Fallopian tubes; 

 3, fimbriated extremity and opening of the Fallopian tube ; 4, parovarium ; 5, ovary ; 

 6, broad ligament; 7, ovarian ligament; infundibulopelvic ligament (Henle). 



e * b 



FIG. 416. Section through part of ovary of adult bitch : a, germinal epithelium ; 

 6, 6, ingrowths (egg-tubes) from the germinal epithelium, seen in cross-section ; c, c, 

 young Graafian follicles in the cortical layer ; d, a more mature follicle, containing 

 two ova (this is rare) ; e and /, ova surrounded by cells of discus proligerus ; g, h, 

 outer and inner capsules of the follicle; i, membrana granulosa; Z, blood-vessels; 

 m, m, parovarium ; <j, germinal epithelium commencing to grow in and form an egg- 

 tube ; z, transition from peritoneal to germinal epithelium (from Waldeyer). 



