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Fig. 169— Internal Genital Organs of Sow. A, Rectum; B, Vagina; C, Bladder; 



D, Uterus; E, Left Fallopian Tube or "Horn"; F, Right Fallopian 



Tube or "Horn"; G, Ovary; H, Intestines; I, Kidney. 



illustrated, in a diagramatie way, in Fig. 169. The body of the 

 uterus is unusually short when the length of its tubes are taken into 

 consideration. The cervix (neck of womb) does not project into 

 the vagina in such manner as is observed in most other domestic 

 and wild animals. On the other hand, the vagina and uterus of 

 the sow are continued into each other without any circumscribed 

 limit intervening between them. The "horns" float loosely in the 

 abdominal cavity and are found closely associated with the con- 

 volutions of the intestines. The broad ligaments are mesenteric 

 in conformation and character and are extremelv thin and lax. 



Fig. 170 — External and Internal Generative Organs of the Sow. A, Ovaries; B, Fal- 

 lopian Tubes; C, Uterus; D, Vagina; E, Vulva. 



