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Diseases of the Genital Organs 



in which are numerous tubular structures of a glandular 

 character, the utricular glands, believed to secrete the so- 

 called uterine milk, which is presumed to play an important 

 role in the nutrition of the ovum pending the formation of 

 the embryo and the establishment of its intricate connection 



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Fig. 12 — Non-gravid Uterus of Mare viewedTfroin the Dorsal Surface. 



O, O, Ovary; Ov, oviduct; U, uterus ; UC, uterine cornu ; BL, broad 

 ligament ; /', vagina ; Fu, vulva ; CI, clitoris ; //, hymen: 



■=-with the mucous membrane through the chorion. Yet more 

 important, it is through a special elaboration of the uterine 

 mucosa that the highly intricate and essential maternal 

 placenta is formed, to constitute a physical and physiologic 



