. Woman : her sex and love life. are begotten andbrought into the world, that the race is reproducedand perpetuated. It is for this reason that the sexorgans are also called the Reproductive Organs. The first thing we must do is to become familiarwith the structure and location of the sex organs;in other words, we must get a fair idea of theirAnatomy. The female sex organs, also called the reproduc-tive or generative organs, are divided into internaland external. The internal are the most importantand consist of: the ovaries, Fallopian tubes, uterus 31 32 WOMAN: HER SEX AND LOVE LIFE or womb,
. Woman : her sex and love life. are begotten andbrought into the world, that the race is reproducedand perpetuated. It is for this reason that the sexorgans are also called the Reproductive Organs. The first thing we must do is to become familiarwith the structure and location of the sex organs;in other words, we must get a fair idea of theirAnatomy. The female sex organs, also called the reproduc-tive or generative organs, are divided into internaland external. The internal are the most importantand consist of: the ovaries, Fallopian tubes, uterus 31 32 WOMAN: HER SEX AND LOVE LIFE or womb, and vagina. The external sex organs ofthe female are: the vulva, hymen, and the external organs are also generally in-cluded the mons Veneris and the breasts or mam-mary glands. SUBCHAPTEK A THE INTERNAL SEX ORGANS The Ovaries. The ovaries are the essential organsof reproduction. For it is they that generate theeggs, or ova, or ovules, which, after becoming fer-tilized or fecundated by the spermatozoa of the Ovary. develop into children. Without the ovaries of thefemale, the same as without the testicles of the male(to which they correspond), no children could bebegotten, and the entire human race would quicklydisappear from our planot. The ovaries are two innumber; they are embedded in the hroad ligaments THE FEMALE SEX ORGANS 33 which support the womb in the pelvis, one on eachside of the womb. They are of a grayish or whitishpink color, and are about an inch and a half long,three-quarters of an inch wide, and one-third of aninch thick. They weigh from one-eighth to one-quarter of an ounce. Their surface is either smoothor rough and puckered. Think of a large blanchedalmond and you will have a pretty fair idea of thesize and shape of an ovary. The Fallopian Tubes. The Fallopian tubes (socalled from Fallopius, a great anatomist, who dis-covered them; also called oviducts: egg conductors,because they conduct the eggs from the ovary intothe uterus) are two
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