. Kirkes' handbook of physiology . 1., Fig. 495.—Diagrammatic Representation of a Human Ovum and Its Coverings. (Cunning-ham.) The corona radiata, which completely surrounds the ovum, is represented only in the lowerpart of the figure. 1, Corona radiata; 5, vitellus or yolk; / 2, granular layer; 6, germinal vesicle (nucleus); 3, vitelline membrane; 7, germinal spot (nucleolus); 4, zona pellucida (oolemma); 8, nuclear membrane. of the tube is narrow, especially at its point of entrance into the uterus. Itsother extremity is wider and opens into the cavity of the abdomen by thefimbriae. The Fall
. Kirkes' handbook of physiology . 1., Fig. 495.—Diagrammatic Representation of a Human Ovum and Its Coverings. (Cunning-ham.) The corona radiata, which completely surrounds the ovum, is represented only in the lowerpart of the figure. 1, Corona radiata; 5, vitellus or yolk; / 2, granular layer; 6, germinal vesicle (nucleus); 3, vitelline membrane; 7, germinal spot (nucleolus); 4, zona pellucida (oolemma); 8, nuclear membrane. of the tube is narrow, especially at its point of entrance into the uterus. Itsother extremity is wider and opens into the cavity of the abdomen by thefimbriae. The Fallopian tube is invested with peritoneum, and its canal islined with ciliated epithelium. The Uterus. The uterus, u, c, figure 492, is a somewhat pyriformorgan, and is about cm. in length, 5 cm. in breadth at its upper partor fundus, but at the neck or cervix only about cm. The part be-tween the fundus and neck is termed the body of the uterus; it is cm. in thickness. The uterus is constructed of three principal
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