The principles and practice of obstetrics . a communication be-tween the ovaries and uterus, transmitting the fecundating elementto the ovaries, and, after fecundation has been accomplished, con-veying the germ to the uterine cavity (Fig. 36). These tubesterminate by a free or fimbriated extremity, to which we shallmore particularly allude in the succeeding lecture. The structureof the tubes is, externally, a serous or peritoneal coat; internally,a mucous investment without follicles, and covered by columnarepithelium with vibratile cilia; and intermediately, a muscular tissue, * The uterus wi
The principles and practice of obstetrics . a communication be-tween the ovaries and uterus, transmitting the fecundating elementto the ovaries, and, after fecundation has been accomplished, con-veying the germ to the uterine cavity (Fig. 36). These tubesterminate by a free or fimbriated extremity, to which we shallmore particularly allude in the succeeding lecture. The structureof the tubes is, externally, a serous or peritoneal coat; internally,a mucous investment without follicles, and covered by columnarepithelium with vibratile cilia; and intermediately, a muscular tissue, * The uterus will sometimes exhibit a variety of malformations; on the othernand, there are well authenticated instances in which no vestige of the organ hasbeen recognised. Occasionally, there will be two uteri with but one vagina ;while, again, there will be two distinct uteri (Fig. 35) and two vaginae. Thislatter variety is of especial interest because of the possibility of a simultaneousdouble fecundation, which might be mistaken for Fio. 35. 90 THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF OBSTETRICS. arranged in circular and longitudinal fibro-cells, thus causing,through their compound action, the tube to convey the germfrom the ovary to the uterus. The fibres of the tube remain
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