A textbook of obstetrics . nchyma, and gland-spaces. There are, however,certain distinctive peculiarities about this gland. Its peritonealcovering exhibits a modified form of cells,—the germinal cpi- THE FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. :3 thelium. The gland-spaces contents by a rupture of theirwalls. The body of the ovary isdivided into a cortex and a me-dulla. The former contains thegland-spaces called Graafianfollicles (after their discoverer,Regnier de Graaf), set in astroma of spindle-shaped con-nective-tissue cells. The lat-ter contain blood-vessels,nerves, a few muscle-fibers,and irregular groups
A textbook of obstetrics . nchyma, and gland-spaces. There are, however,certain distinctive peculiarities about this gland. Its peritonealcovering exhibits a modified form of cells,—the germinal cpi- THE FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. :3 thelium. The gland-spaces contents by a rupture of theirwalls. The body of the ovary isdivided into a cortex and a me-dulla. The former contains thegland-spaces called Graafianfollicles (after their discoverer,Regnier de Graaf), set in astroma of spindle-shaped con-nective-tissue cells. The lat-ter contain blood-vessels,nerves, a few muscle-fibers,and irregular groups of poly-hedral cells (the interstitialcells), representing atrophicremains of the Wolffian its connection withthe posterior layer of thebroad ligament by the hilum,the ovary is attached to theuterus by the utero-ovarianligament, to the tube by thetubo-ovarian ligament, and tothe pelvic wall by the sus-pensory ligament of the ovary(ovariopelvic, infundibulopel-vic ligament). have no ducts, but excrete their. fewmm :%$<$ tfe Fig. 51.—Section of human ovary, in-cluding cortex : a, Germinal epithelium offree surface ; b, tunica albuginea; r, peri-pheral stroma containing immature Graafianfollicles, d; e, well-advanced follicle fromwhose wall the membrana granulosa haspartially separated; f, cavity of liquorfolliculi; g, ovum surrounded by cell-massconstituting discus proligerus (Piersol). fev Fig. 52.—Section of well-developed Graafian follicle from human embryo; theinclosed ovum contains two nuclei (von Hertf). 56 PREGNANCY CHAPTER II. Menstruation, Ovulation, Insemination, and Fertilization; TheChanges in the Ovum After Fertilization, MENSTRUATION. Menstruation is the periodic discharge of a sanguineousfluid from the uterus and the Fallopian tubes occurring during thetime of a womans sexual activity, from puberty until the meno-pause. From the earliest ages of medical literature main- theorieshave been advanced to account for menstruation. The oldestexplan
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