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out trumpet-like and is edged with fimbrioe as with a 

 fringe, the fimbriated extremity. There are three 

 coats: a serous coat which is continuous with the perito- 

 neum, a muscular coat, and, within, a mucous coat 

 covered with cilia, continuous with the mucous mem- 

 brane of the uterus. One fimbria is attached to the 



FIG. 66. Sagittal section of the female pelvis. (Dickinson.) 



ovary and as the ovum is given off it finds its way into 

 the tube and thence to the uterus. 



The uterus is a pear-shaped organ, about three inches 

 long, two inches broad above, and one inch thick, situated 

 in the pelvic cavity between the rectum and the bladder. 

 The wide part or fundus is above and the narrow 



