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THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSE. 



The Uterus, or womb, is the organ that receives the ovum, retains it 

 during its development (provided it has been fertilised), and, finally, 



Fig. 53. 



Generative Organs of the Mare, viewed from above (Leisering and Milller). 



I '1. Ovary; 2. Fallopian tube ; 2'. Its abdominal opening; 2". Mucous surface of the same spread 

 •out ; 2'". A cyst of Morgagni ; 3. Body of the uterus ; 3'. Uterine horns ; 3". Neck of the uterus ; 

 4. Ligament of the ovary ; 4'. Ovarian pocket, between the broad ligament and the peritoneal fold 

 that includes the ligament of the ovary; 5. Uterine broad ligament; 6. Ovarian artery; 6'. Its 

 ovarian, and 6", its uterine branch ; 7. Uterine artery ; 8. Vagina ; 8'. Vulva ; 9. Valve of the 

 meatus urinari us ; 10 and 10'. Orifices of ducts of mucous glands ; 11. Urinary bladder ; 12. Meatus 

 urinarius; 13. Labia of the vulva; 13'. Inferior commissure of the vulva; 14. The clitoris; 

 14'. Small depression on the glans of the clitoris. 



expels it at the expiration of the full term of pregnancy. In situation 

 the organ is partly abdominal, and partly pelvic, and its mode of 



