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THE TISSUES. 



the contents are the blood poured out upon the rupture of the ovi- 

 sac, with some remains of its original liquid contents. 1 



Fig. 394. 



Human ovary, a. Graafian follicle (ovisac) with, opening. 6. Inner lining of follicle (membrana 

 granulosa). c. Outer portion of the same. d. Ovum. e. Vascular wall of ovisac. (Coste.) 



Corpora lutea of different periods. B. Corpus luteum of about the sixth week after impregnation, 

 showing its plicated form at that period. 1. Substance of the ovary ; 2, substance of the corpus 

 luteum ; 3, a grayish coagulum in its cavity. (After Dr. Patterson.) A. Corpus luteum two days 

 after delivery. D. In the twelfth week after delivery. (After Dr. Montgomery.) 



In respect to ^Q function of the female genital organs, it may be 

 here remarked merely that the Fallopian tubes, as well as the uterus 

 and the vagina, manifest motor phenomena. The application of the 

 Fallopian tubes to the ovaries to receive the ovum into their fim- 

 briated extremity, is doubtless secured by the action of their mus- 



1 For the most satisfactory account of the corpus luteum, see Prof. J. C. Dalton's 

 Prize Essay, Transactions of Amer. Med. Association, vol. iv. 



