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Tig. 22.— Semidiagrammatie drawing made by Walter H. Rich, from dissection by William C. Kendail. Specimen from 
Sebago Lake, Me. Ventral view of ovaries and oviducts of smelt ( Osmerus mordax). a, Left or anterior ovary; b, right or 
posterior ovary; g, lateral expansions of mesovaria and ovarian membranes joining peritoneum of abdominal walls to form 
oviducts; A, genital pore; l, liver; q, intestine; r, anus 
Fig. 23.— Left view of ovaries and membranes of same as Fig. 23. a. Left ovary; 6, left side of right ovary bending up on left 
side so that its lower portion is dorsally situated; c, left mesovarlum; d, outer edge of ovarian membrane; g, posterior lateral 
expansion of mesovarium and ovarian membrane forming left oviduct; h, genital pore; q, intestine; r, anus; w, posterior 
end of intestinaljmesentery with confluent mesovaria 
Fig. 24.— Right view of same as Fig. 24. a. Left ovary bending up under stomach and intestine forming a groove in which the 
viscera extend; b, right ovary; c, mesovarium of right ovary; d, outer edge of ovarian membrane, between which and the 
mesovarium the egg surface not covered by membrane other than the mesovarium is situated; g, right posterior expansion 
of the mesovarium and ovarian membranes forming the short right oviducts or practically the right side of the common 
oviduct posterior to w; h, genital pore; l, liver; n, upper or cardiac arm of stomach; o, lower or pyloric arm of stomach; q. 
intestine; r, anus; t, intestinal mesentery; v, air bladder; w, posterior end of intestinal mesentery with confluent mesovaria 
