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GENERATIVE APPARATUS. 



larp^o, commencinij at the coccygeal ver'ebrae. aD<l inserteil iuto tlie borders of the clitoris. 3. 

 T ^^ o erectores penis muscles. 4. A subiachio-eavernous muscle, less volumiuous tliaii in the 

 male, but of the same sliape. 



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



Glands. — The female Rabbit possesSiS, like the male, a pair of rectal and a pair of aual 

 glands. 



In the female Leporide, it is remarked that the external genital organs resemble thosi^ 

 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 Wo .man with those of Animals. 



Ovaries. — Thfse organs are oval, about \\ inches long and i of an inch broad, and are 

 lodged in the posterior layer uCthe 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 (Traatian vesicle usually ripens every month ; its 

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

 organ of Bosenmiiller, composed cx from fifteen to twenty tortuous tubes opening into a transverse 



Fig. 540. 



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 columna 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, then- 

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

 14-, peritoneum of anterior surface of uterus ^it 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 inclndfd in the broad ligament, between the ovary and oviduct. 



Oviduct. — Placed at the upper border of tlse 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 bfhind. Its form is very diflerent 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 weiglis about two ounces. It, is described as having a body and 

 cirvix. The body is trian^.'ular, 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 transver.sal slit bordered by two unequal lips. The inner face of the cervix 

 shows the plicie p^Jmate— arborizatiotis formed by the mucous membrane. 



There is nothing 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 fi)ld8 ; among these the most important are the 

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

 the inguinal caiial, ami terminate in the cf)tmective 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 ecmnectivc tissue, to the l)ladder and urethra. Its internal face has longitudinal 

 folds — the columnx of the vagina — which are intersected by transvi-rse folds. Below the orifice 

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

 ▼irgins. Rarely complete, this membrane may affect diflferent shapes, and consequently receive 



