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EXTERNAL GENERATIVE ORGANS, BY E. KLEIN. 



gland substance. The vessels and nerves form a dense plexus 

 in the loose and fatty connective tissue of the tunica adventitia, 

 especially in the posterior parts of the prostate. 



Fig. 213. Transverse section through the colliculus seminalis of a 

 Child, a, Superficial epithelium ; 6, vesicula prostatica ; c, its epi- 

 thelial lining ; d, muscles ; e e, ejaculatory ducts ; /, excretory ducts 

 of the prostate gland ; g, upper wall of the urethra ; h, vertical 

 muscles. As seen with Hartnack's objective system No. 2, ocular 3. 



From the vessels ramifying on the surface of the prostate, 

 large trunks penetrate into the interior, and form a wide-meshed 

 capillary system around the gland. Large arterial vessels run 





