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a. Uterus and vagina of African 

 Elephant (about half natural size), 

 viewed from behind. The vagina 

 (Vag.) and urino-genital canal 

 (u.ff.) have been laid open from 

 behind. (Com. ut.) Cornua uteri 

 cut short above. Ut. True uterus, 

 formed by the coalescence of the 

 two cornua, but not marked off ex- 

 ternally from the conjoined cornua 

 by any constriction, o.u. Above 

 this is the valve-like structure cor- 

 responding to the Os uteri. Ur. 

 Prominence on which the urethra 

 opens ; above it are seen the Mal- 

 pighian canals; below the letters 

 is the papilla- like free point (vide 

 fig. 8). Fes. Bladder. 



b. Section of the conjoined ute- 

 rine cornua, half the natural size, to 

 show the distinctness of the two 

 tubes internally at this point. 



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