EXTERNAL GENERATIVE ORGANS. 



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CHAPTER II. 



Female Generative Organs. 



The genital organs of the female are much more complicated than those 

 of the male, from the far greater share they take in the process of genera- 

 tion. They are usually described according to their situation — as external 

 and internal ; or from their function — as copulative 2iV\d formative. 



Proceeding from the exterior to the interior, these organs may be enu- 

 merated as follows : the vulva and mammce or mammary glands, the 

 vagina, uterus. Fallopian tubes, and ovaries. We will describe these in 

 the above-mentioned order, taking the Mare again as the type, and 

 indicating the differences in the other domesticated animals. 



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section i. external generative organs. 



The Vulva. 



The external orifice of the generative organs, the vulva, appears as a 

 vertically elongated slit, situated beneath the anus, between the perineum 

 and ischial arch and the posterior margin of the two hind quarters. It 

 presents two thick lips or labia, and two commissures, externally ; and in- 

 ternally, it forms a cavity which is confounded with that of the vagina, 



Fig. 12. 



The Generative Organs of the Mare in siht. 



Body of the Uterus ; 2, 2, Cornua of the Uterus ; 3, Vagina ; 4. Bladder ; 5, Rectum ; 6, 

 Sphincter of the Anus ; 7, Constrictor Muscle of the Vulva ; 8, Bulb of the Vagina ; 9, Ovary 

 and Fimbriated Body; 10, Fallopian Tube; u, Kidney; 12, 12, Broad Ligament. 



and extends beyond the meatus urinarius. The limit between the vulva 

 and vagina is not perceptible in the adult, but is always conspicuous in 

 the fcetus. 



