360 DISSECTION OF THE BABBIT. 



median tube, commencing opposite the hinder 

 end of the obturator foramen, and running back 

 ventral to the rectum, through the pelvic cavity, 

 to the vulva. Its walls are very vascular, and 

 correspond to the corpus spongiosum in the male. 



d. The clitoris is a small rod-like body, corresponding 



to the penis of the male, and lying in the anterior 

 or ventral wall of the vestibule, just within its 

 external opening. It ends in a soft conical body, 

 the glans clitoridis, and is connected with the 

 ischia by two corpora cavernosa similar to those 

 of the male, but smaller. 



e. Cowper's glands are small, and lie on the dorsal 



wall of the vestibule, opposite the hinder border 

 of the pelvic symphysis. 



f. The perinseal and rectal glands are similar to those 



of the male (p. 358). 



Slit up with scissors the vestibule and the hinder 'part of 

 the vagina along one side. Note the great vascularity of the 

 loalls, the position and relations of the clitoris, and the open- 

 ing of the bladder into the vestibule. 



Slit up the anterior part of the vagina alojig the mid- 

 ventral line, to expose the openings of the uteri into the vagina. 

 Note the very prominent lips of these openings. 



VII. DISSECTION OF THE NECK. 



A special dissection of the neck is desirable, on account of 

 the great importance of the structures contained in it, more 

 particularly the nerves. (See fig. G3, p. 364.) 



Lay the rabbit on its back on a dissecting-board ; and 

 pin back the head so as to extend the neck fully. Make a 

 median ventral incision through the skin of the neck, and 

 dissect the skin away from the underlying parts, taking care 

 not to damage the muscles. 



