1002 GENERATIVE APPARATUS. 



large, commencing at the coccygeal vertebrae, and inserted into tlie borders of the clitoris. 3, 

 Two erectores penis muscles. 4. A subischio-cavernous muscle, less voluminous than in the 

 male, but of the same shape. 



Mammse. — They are disposed as in the Sow and Bitch. 



Glands. — The female Rabbit possesses, like the male, a pair of rectal and a pair of anal 

 glands. 



In the female Leporide, it is remarked tliat the external genital organs resemble thosd 

 of the Rabbit, and that the internal ones hold a middle place between those of the Rabbit and 

 doe-Hare; otherwise these organs show everything necessary for reproduction. 



Comparison of the Generative Organs of Woman with those of Animals. 



Ovaries. — These organs are oval, about 1^ inches long and i of an inch broad, and are 

 lodged in the posterior layer of the broad ligaments. They are attached to the uterus by the 

 ligament of the ovary, and united to the Fallopian tubes by the Fallopio-ovarian ligament. 

 Their structure is the same as in animals. A Graafian vesicle usually ripens every month ; its 

 rupture corresponds with the menstrual period. Annexed to tiie human ovary is found the 

 organ of Rosenmiiller, composed oi" from fifteen to twenty tortuous tubes opening into a transverse 



Fig. 540. 



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uterus of the human female, with its appendages (viewed from the front). 

 1, Body of the uterus; 2, fundus; 3, cervix; 4, os uteri; 5, vagina, with its colurana and 

 transverse rugae; 6 fi, broad ligament of the uterus; 7, convexity of the broad ligament formed 

 by the ovary; 8, 8, round ligaments of the uterus; 9, 9, Fallopian tubes; 10, 10, their 

 fimbriated extremities; 11, ovary ; 12, utero-ovarian ligament; 13, Fallopio-ovarian ligament; 

 14, peritoneum of anterior surface of uterus fit is removed at the left side, but on the right is 

 continuous with the anterior layer of the broad ligament). 



branch ; these tubes are lined by ciliated epithelium, and filled with a yellow fluid ; they form 

 a closed system included in the broad ligament, between the ovary and oviduct. 



Oviduct. — Placed at the upper border of the broad ligament, it is nearly straight, and 

 terminates by a pavilion notclied into about fifteen unequal fringes. 



Uterus.— The human uterus is situated between the bladder and rectum, being inclined 

 slightly downwards, from before to behind. Its form is very difl'erent from the uterus of the 

 animals we have described, being that of a flattened gourd ; its volume varies with age and the 

 number of gestations ; it weighs about two ounces. It is described as having a body and 

 cervix. The body is triangular, and at the extremities of its upper border the Fallopian tubes 

 open into it. The cervix is fusiform ; the projection it makes at the bottom of the vagina is the 

 tench's nose — a transversal slit bordered by two unequal lips. The inner face of the cervix 

 shows the plicas paZmate— arborizations formed by the mucous membrane. 



There is not! ling special to be noticed in its structure. 



The broad ligaments comprise a quantity of muscular fibres between their layers, and which 

 accumulate at certain points to form accessory folds ; among tliese the most important are the 

 round ligaments. These leave the anterior face of the uterus, pass forward and outward, enter 

 the inguinal canal, and terminate in the connective tissue of the mons Veneris. 



Vagina. — This canal is about 2| inches wide : it is in contact with the rectum, and responds 

 in front, by connective tissue, to the bladder and urethra. Its internal face has longitudinal 

 folds— the columnas of the vagina — which are intersected by transverse folds. Below the orifice 

 of the urethra is the entrance to the vagina, a circular opening partially closed by the hymen in 

 virgins. Rarely complete, this membrane may afl'ect different shapes, and consequently receive 



