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FISHES. 



the cloaca ; in the female they open into little bladders — the 

 dilated ends of the Wolffian ducts, and thence by a common 

 aperture into the cloaca. 



The archinephric or segmental duct of each side divides 

 into a Wolffian and a Miillerian duct. The Wolffian duct 

 becomes in the male the vas deferens, in the female an 

 unimportant mesonephric duct ; the Miillerian duct becomes 

 in the female the oviduct, and in the male a mere rudiment. 



The muscles and other organs of Elasmobranchs retain 

 considerable quantities of nitrogenous waste products. 



Fig. 163. — Ui-inogenital organs of female Skate 

 pari after AIONRO.) 



(fn 



ap.. Aperture of united oviducts; ;/'./)., Wolflnan duct; o-:, 

 ovary; O.D.G., oviducal gland ; E., egc; in merm.iid's purse; Bl. 

 bladder at base of Wolffian ducts (arrow into cloaca); A', kidney 

 (arrow from base of oviduct into cloaca). ' 



Reproductive System. 

 The male organs or testes lie on each side of the cardinal 

 sinus, moored by a fold of peritoneum. Spermatozoa pass 

 from the testis by vasa efferentia into a tube surrounded 



