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continuous with the cornua ; the posterior is continuous with the 

 vagina, constituting the cervix or neck, which is thick, round, 

 and projecting in the virgin animal. In the centre is a 

 transverse aperture or fissure, opening into the vagina, and closed 

 during utero-gestation. The cylindrical cornua spring from the 

 anterior extremity of the body, diverge upwards and forwards, 

 together presenting an inferior free convex curvature and a 

 superior concave one, to which are attached the suspensory 

 ligaments. Their posterior extremity is continuous with the 



FIG. 128. 



Female generative organs partly laid open seen from above, a a, Lips of vulva divided at the 

 superior commissure; b, Clitoris ; c, Prepuce; d d, Vagina laid open; e, Bladder; e', Meatus 

 urinarius ; /, Its valve of mucous membrane ; g, Keck of the uterus ; g' g', Body of uterus opened ; 

 h, Eight cornu opened; i, Fallopian tube ; k, Ovary. 



body; while the anterior, or summit, forms a cavity turned 

 upwards, into which the Fallopian tube enters. 



The uterus consists of three coats ; an external serous, central 

 muscular, and internal mucous. The serous coat, a reflection of 

 the peritoneum, covers the body and horns, forms the broad, or 

 suspensory ligaments, and is reflected on to the bladder, rectum, 

 vagina, and walls of the pelvic cavity, forming the ligaments. 

 The broad ligaments r>ass from each side of the uterus to the 



