A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery . where the vesselsand nerves enter the ovary this membrane is raised into a ridge, whichis continuous with the utero-ovarian ligament, and is called the hilum. The tunica albuginea is so intimately blendedFig. 35. with the stroma of the ovary as to be insep- arable on dissection ; it does not, however, ex-ist as a distinct lamina, but is merely the ex-ternal part of the proper structure of the ovary,in which more dense connective tissue is de-veloped than elsewhere. The Stroma.—On making a longitudinal sec-tion of the ovary (Fig. 35), it wil
A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery . where the vesselsand nerves enter the ovary this membrane is raised into a ridge, whichis continuous with the utero-ovarian ligament, and is called the hilum. The tunica albuginea is so intimately blendedFig. 35. with the stroma of the ovary as to be insep- arable on dissection ; it does not, however, ex-ist as a distinct lamina, but is merely the ex-ternal part of the proper structure of the ovary,in which more dense connective tissue is de-veloped than elsewhere. The Stroma.—On making a longitudinal sec-tion of the ovary (Fig. 35), it will be seen tobe composed of two parts, the more internal ofwhich is of a reddish color from the numberof vessels that ramify in it, and is called the Longitudinal Section of Adult 7 77 i i «i -1 j. Ovary. (AfterPane.) medullary or vascular zone; while the exter- nal, of a whitish tint, receives the name ofthe cortical or parenchymatous substance. The former consists of looseconnective tissue interspersed with elastic, and a considerable number of. THE FEMALE GENERATIVE ORGANS. 75 muscular fibres. According to Rougetl and His,2 the muscular structureforms the greater part of the ovarian stroma, The latter describes it asconsisting essentially of interwoven muscular fibres, which he terms the fusiform tissue/ and which he believes to be continuous with the muscularlayers of the ovarian vessels. The former believes that the muscularfasciculi accompany the vessels in the form of sheaths, as in erectiletissues. Both attribute to the muscular tissues an important influencein the expulsion of the ovules and in the rupture of the Graafian fol- Fig
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