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Female Organs of Generation. 



Urethra 



Corp. cavern, clttorid: 

 Columna plicar. outer. 

 Membranamucosa 

 Ostiam vaginae 

 Hymen semilunar. 

 Columna plicar. poster. 



Membrana mucosa 

 Rectum 



418. Section through a Virginal Vagina. 



View from behind ; the Vagina dilated, to show the Columnar and Ihtyae 



on its inner surface. 



The Fallopian tubes or oviducts, Tubae Fallopianae, s. Ovi- 

 ductus (see Fig. 412 and 415), commence at the superior angles of the uterus 

 and pursue an undulatory course; they are inclosed in the free margin of the 

 broad ligaments. The inner half is narrow and cord like, Isthmus, the outer 

 half is enlarged and called Ampulla. The opening of the Fallopian tube 

 into the uterus is called Ostlum tubae utcrumm. The external orifice, Ostium 

 tubae abdowinalc., which lies in front of and below the ovary, and com- 

 municates with the peritoneal cavity, is wide and trumpet-shaped, and 

 its margins are surrounded by a series of f ring el ike processes, 

 termed Fliubriae; to this part of the tube the term fimbriated extremity 

 or Morsus diaboll is applied. One of these processes, Flmbria ovarica, is 

 connected with the outer end of the ovary, and probably effects (by 

 means of ciliated epithelium) the passage of the ovum from the ovary 

 into the tube. The Fallopian tubes have three coats similar to the uterus. 



The vagina is a membranous canal, about 3 inches in length, 

 which commences at the vulva with the Osttuiii ra;/mae, and ends above 

 at the Forntx. The vaginal portion of the uterus extends into the 

 fornix, thereby dividing it into an anterior, shallow, and a posterior, 

 deeper part. 



