410 THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS 



....d 



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again thickened so as 

 to acquire a columnar 

 form, and from its sur- 

 face, tubules and irregu- 

 lar imaginations extend 

 into the substance of 

 the mesovarium as far 

 as its attachment to the 

 broad ligament. Occa- 

 sionally they extend well 

 into the interior of the 

 ligament and there form 

 c a group of anas- 

 -"/" tomosing channels, 

 -b a rete ovarii. 



The tubules of the 

 epoophoron are lined 

 by cuboidal or colum- 

 nar epithelium whose 

 cells are sometimes 

 provided with cilia. 

 The epithelium rests 

 upon a delicate mem- 



a brana propria and a 



r thin connective tissue 

 1 tunic. 



Blood Supply. The 

 blood vessels of the 

 ovary are derived from 

 the branches of the ovarian 

 and uterine arteries. These 

 vessels enter the ovary through 

 the mesovarium and divide 



FIG. 332. FROM A THICK SECTION OF THE 

 OVARY OF A WOMAN. 



The blood vessels have been injected. 

 A, a, and a', arteries ; 6, corpus luteum, 

 partially organized ; c, point where rup- 

 ture of the follicle occurred ; d, tangential 

 section of a follicle ; e, corpora lutea 

 which have organized and are already 

 retrogressive. (After Clark.) 



