1866.] 



IN THE GENERATIVE ORGANS OF A COW. 



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partially divided anteriorly by a dependent fold of skin, which at its 

 posterior end had the long pencil of hairs upon it, as already men- 

 tioned, simulating in appearance the prepuce of a male, though more 

 truly representing a clitoris. At the bottom of this genital cleft, its 

 posts rior convex end, there was a narrow slit-like aperture, fully 

 three-quarters of an inch long, which led into a thick-walled mem- 

 branous or fibro-elastic tube (the common urethrovaginal canal or 

 passage, U. g. c), which, when dissected free from the surrounding 

 tissues, looked uncommonly like a long narrow penis. This proceeded 

 upwards and backwards towards the pubic arch, where it communi- 

 cated by a constricted opening with the true vagina. The tube close 

 to the abdominal outlet was 1^ inch in diameter, but immediately 

 beyond and for the remainder of its length it was considerably nar- 

 rower; but just before joining the vagina it had a second dilatation. 



V.tj.o. 



Malformed parts displayed as an anatomical preparation. 



Anus, and R. Rectum. U. g. o. Urino-genital outlet. 7'. Teats. M. g. Mam- 

 mary gland. U. g. c. Urino-genital canal, H. to. Retractor muscles. V. Va- 

 gina. U. Uterus. I.e. Lelt cornu, cut open to show the cotyledons. 

 O. t. Os tineas, o. o. Position of ovaries. /./'. indicate position of 

 fimbriated extremities of Fallopian tubes. U. b. Urinary bladder; re, neck ; 

 ur. ureters ; to. u. meatus urinarius. C. g. Cowper's glands. * points to 

 the cul de sac and a style passed through the opening between the vagina 

 and urino-genital canal. 



