INTRODUCTION 



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bilaterally symmetrical. The neural tube, or cerebro-spinal cavity, 



enclosed by the skull and vertebral arches, contains the central ner- 

 vous system (brain and spinal cord] ; the visceral tube (ccelome, 

 p. 8, Fig. 7) encloses the viscera (alimentary canal, urinogenital 

 organs, &c.),and its muscular walls may be strengthened by a series 



Pf(CLf) 



FIG. 9. DIAGRAMMATIC SECTION THROUGH THE HUMAX GRAVID UTERUS. 



U, uterus ; Tb, Tb, Fallopian tubes ; UH, uterine cavity ; Dv, clecidua vera, which 

 at Pu passes into the uterine portion of the placenta ; Dr, decidua reflexa ; 

 Pf, foetal portion of the placenta (chorion frondosum, Chf) ; Chi, chorion 

 laeve ; A, A, the cavity of the ainnioii filled with fluid : in the interior of the 

 amnioii is seen the embryo suspended by the twisted umbilical cord ; H, 

 neart ; A, aorta ; en, precaval, ci, postcaval, and p, portal vein ; At, allantoic 

 (umbilical) arteries ; t, the liver, perforated by the umbilical vein ; D, the 

 remains of the yolk-sac (umbilical vesicle). 



of ribs, articulating dorsally with the vertebral column. Certain 

 of the ribs may reach the mid-ventral line and come into connec- 

 tion with a breast-bone or stermim, and thus form complete rings 

 or hoops around the visceral tube. 



The anterior ends of the central nervous system (brain) and ali- 

 mentary tract enter into close relations with the outer world, the 



