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reduced as to be almost unrepresented, the oviducts only ex- 

 panding slightly for a short distance before opening into the body 

 of the uterus. * 



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Fig. 81. Transverse section through uterine cornu of rat (from Marshall). 



The cavit}' of the uterus is lined by a ciliated cubical or 

 columnar epithelium which together with the stroma beneath 

 composes the uterine mucosa. This contains glands which open 

 into the cavity and have a secretory epitheliuin continuous 

 with and similar to the epithelium bounding the cavity. The 

 glands are sometimes very numerous, and vary in activity at 

 different periods. The stroma is a primitive kind of connective 

 tissue and contains vessels which increase in size and number at 

 the approach of ' heat ' as will be described later. The stroma is 



