758 



ANATOMY OF VERTEBRATES. 



the indent of its primitive division. The remnant of the Wolffian 

 body, e, e, is long recognisable as the 'parovarium.' The 

 ovaries, d, d, are smooth and elongate ; the round ligaments, b, b, 

 are relatively large. 



In certain malformations more or less of the primitive condi- 



591 



592 



Female organs, foetal Deer, cccxxi". 



Female organs, Human foetus of three months. 



593 



tions of the genital organs are retained, and give rise to ' her- 

 maphrodite ' states of the parts. In fig. 593, «, a, are the testes 

 with which the ducts, f, in fig. 589, had effected their union, 



and become ' vasa de- 

 ferential fig. 593, d, d: 

 b is a combination of epi- 

 didymis with the abdo- 

 minal ends of the ( mul- 

 lerian ducts,' g, figs. 589, 

 593, here continuing 

 closed and having be- 

 come adherent to the 

 mass including a rem- 

 nant of the Wolffian body. 

 Development of the mul- 

 lerian ducts has, how- 

 ever, proceeded to a de- 

 finition of the oviduct or 

 fallopian tube, fig. 593, 

 g 9 and of the uterine 

 horn,/,/, with the body 

 of the uterus and vagina, 

 e : it is normally reduced 

 to • protometra,' in fig. 

 525, c. 



§ 412. Descent of testes. — In all Mammals, save the true testi- 

 conda, a preparatory structure is established for either periodical 

 or permanent withdrawal of the testes from out the abdomen. 



Genital organs of Hermaphrodite Goat, the male parts 

 predominating, ccxxxix". 



