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briated extremity of the Fallopian tube by a cord (tubo-ovarian 

 ligament). 



The structure of the ovary is made up of a reddish, spongy 

 stroma, well supplied with blood-vessels, containing numerous 

 orisacs, or Graaffidn rfsirlcs inclosed in a serous covering derived 

 from the peritoneum. 



Bladder 



UreHircx 



FIG. 129. 

 Female organs of generation. 



Hie serous coat differs from the peritoneum in having a 

 single layer of columnar cells, the germinal epithelium of 

 Waldeyer. 



The huiira albuginca is a dense, while, fibrous layer inclos- 

 ing the ovary, and consisting of a condensation of the siroma. It 

 is perl'ominl ;i< its upper bonier, lii/us nrnril. to admit the pas- 

 sage of blood-vessels. 



The (ini<i//i<in rrsir/cs, or ovisacs, containing the human ova, 

 vary in size from microscopic bodies to one-quarter of an inch in 

 diameter, and are most abundant in the periphery. 



