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firm, and this fact may serve to explain why the rectum is so rarely 

 involved in displacements of the uterus, while the bladder is always 



Fig. -1. 



i;knkr.\tive Okgans ov the Mare: Isolated axi> Paktly Oi'Kxkd. 



1, 1, OvaricH ; 2, 2, Fallo'.ian Tubes ; 3, Pavilion <>f tlie Tub*;, Kxternal Face ; 

 4, Ibid., Inner Face, showing the Opening in the Middle; .">, Ligament of 

 the Ovary ; 6, Intact Horn of the I'teruH ; 7, A Horn opened ; 8, Body of the 

 Uterus, Upper Face ; '.», Broad Liiraineut ; 10, Cervix, with its numerous 

 folds, or Palma plirala ; 11, Cnl-df-snc of the Vagina; 12, Interior of the 

 Vagina, «-ith it* Folds of M»icou« Membrane ; 1">, Urinary Meatus and its 

 Valve, 14 ; ir>, Mucou'f Fold, Ji Vestige of the Hj-men ; 16, Interior of the 

 Vulva; 17, Clitoris; 18, 18, Labia of the Vulva; H», Inferior Commissure 

 of the Vulva. 



more or less so. Laterally, it is attached to the muscular and aponeu- 

 rotic structures in the cavity of the pelvis. Internally, it is lined by 

 a thin mucous membrane, which is always abundantly covered with 



