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neck of the bladder is continued backwards, through the 

 pelvic cavity, as the urinogenital canal or urethra, on the 

 dorsal side of which, just in front of a rounded elevation, is 



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FIG. 144. The urinogenital organs of the rabbit. A, of male ; B, of female : from 

 the left side (half nat. size). The kidneys and proximal ends of the ureters, in A 

 the spermaries, and in B the ovaries, Fallopian tubes, and uteri are not shown. 

 an. anus ; bl. urinary bladder ; c. c. corpus cavernosum ; c. s. corpus spongiosum ; 

 c.gl. Cowper's gland ; g. cl. apex of clitoris ; g. p. apex of penis ; p. gL perineal 

 gland, and p.gl '. aperture of its duct on the perineal space ; pr. anterior, pr 

 posterior, and pr" . lateral lobes of prostate ; ret. rectum ; r. gl. rectal gland ; 

 u.g. a. urinogenital aperture ; u. in. uterus masculinus ; ur. ureter ; va. vagina ; 

 vb. vestibule ; v. d. vas deferens. (From Parker's Zootomy.) 



an aperture by means of which the uterus masculinus and 

 vasa deferentia open into it. 



A prostate gland (pr} t consisting of several lobes, is imbedded in the 

 walls of the uterus masculinus and opens by small ducts on either side 

 of the elevation just referred to ; and a pair of smaller, ovoid Cowper's 

 glands communicates with the urinogenital canal further back, 



