FEMALE ORGANS OF BIMANA. 



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of ova, of which a recent instance had occurred in the ovarium, 

 fig. 549. 



The remnant of the Wolffian body, noticeable in most lower 

 Mammals in the form of a 



group of parallel wavy tu- 549 



bules extending from the 

 ovary between the layers of 

 the broad ligament, is con- 

 stantly present in the human 

 subject, and is termed i paro- 

 varium,' fig. 550, «, b, c, d, 

 the terminal caecum becom- 

 ing enlarged, as aty, to form 

 the so-called * hydatid ' of 

 the broad ligament : con- 

 tiguous cajca, b, have a tendency to become dilated : those at 

 the opposite end become atrophied, d, as does likewise the 

 duct e, the terminal portion of which, known as ( Gartner's canal ' 

 in lower Mammals, can seldom be recognised in the human 



550 



Ovary after recent discharge of uii impregnated ovum, 

 Human ; nat. size, ccxlvi". 



Ovarium and parovarium, Human ; nat. size, ccxlvi 



female. The ' pavilion ' or abdominal aperture of the oviduct 

 (' Fallopian tube,' Anthr., fig. 548, d) is richly provided with a 

 fringe of irregularly crenate folds radiating from the beginning of 

 the canal : the duct dilates beyond this orifice, and then gradu- 

 ally contracts to almost capillary minuteness : the surface of the 

 lining membrane of the tube is augmented by the folds continued 

 from the fimbria!, and chiefly longitudinal in direction ; these 

 subside about an inch from the uterus, where the oviduct asrain 

 begins slightly to dilate : where it enters the uterus the longitu- 

 dinal impressions terminate abruptly : the epithelium of the lining 

 vol. in. z z 



