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OBSTETRICAL ANA TOMY. 



connective tissue. When distended it is cylindrical in form, but usually 

 its sides are in contact. Its length is variable of course, but in a full- 

 sized Mare it is about a foot long. It is maintained in its position ante- 

 riorly by folds of peritoneum, which attach it to the rectum above and to 

 the bladder beneath, the attachment to the rectum being accomplished 

 through the medium of the loose connective tissue referred to. But this 



Fig. 15. 



Generative Organs of the Mare: Isolated and Partly Opened. 



, Ovaries; 2, 2, Fallopian Tubes; 3, Pavilion of the Tube, External Face ; 4, Ibid., 

 Inner Face, Showing the Opening in the Middle ; 5, Ligament of the Ovary ; 6, Intact 

 Horn of the Uterus ; 7, A Horn Opened ; 8, Body of the Uterus, Upper Face ; 9, 

 Broad Ligament ; 10, Cervix, with its Numerous Folds ; 11, Cul-de-sac of the Vagina ; 

 12, Interior of the Vagina, with its Folds of Mucous Membrane ; 13, Urinary Meatus 

 and its Valve ; 17, Clitoris ; 18, 18, Labia of the Vulva ; 19, Inferior Commissure of 

 the Vulva. 



