560 GENERATION AND DEVELOPMENT. 



the geDerative organs, or sexual apparatus, since part belong 

 to the male and part to the female sex. 



Generative Organs of the Female. 



The female organs of generation consist of two ovaries, 

 whose function is the formation of ova ; of a Fallopian tube, 

 or oviduct, connected with each ovary, for the purpose of con- 

 ducting the ovum from the ovary to the uterus or cavity in 

 which, if impregnated, it is retained until the embryo is fully 

 developed, and fitted to maintain its existence, independently 

 of internal connection with the parent; and, lastly, of a canal, 

 of vagina, with its appendages, for the reception of the male 

 generative organ in the act of copulation, and for the subse- 

 quent discharge of the foetus. 



FIG. 206. 



Diagrammatic view of the uterus and its appendages, as seen from behind (from 

 Quain). %. The uterus and upper part of the vagina have been laid open by re- 

 moving the posterior wall ; the Fallopian tube, round ligament, and ovarian liga- 

 ment have been cut short, and the broad ligament removed on the left side ; u. the 

 upper part of the uterus; c, the cervix opposite the os internum ; the triangular 

 shape of the uterine cavity is shown, and the dilatation of the cervical cavity with 

 the rugae termed arbor vitse ; v, upper part of the vagina; od, Fallopian tube or ovi- 

 duct ; the narrow communication of its cavity with that of the cornu of the uterus 

 on each side is seen ; /, round ligament ; lo, ligament of the ovary ; o, ovary ; t, wide 

 outer part of the right Fallopian tube ;fi, its fimbriated extremity; po, parovarium; 

 A, one of the hydatids frequently found connected with the broad ligament. 



The ovaries are two oval compressed bodies, situated in the 

 cavity of the pelvis, one on each side, inclosed in the folds of 

 the broad ligament. Each ovary is attached to the uterus by 



