. The science and art of midwifery. vessels, with dilated and constricted portions, andprovided with valves, exists beneath the serous coat. The lymph-spaces of the uterine mucous mem-brane communicate, by funnel-shapeddepressions, with the lymph-spaces andlymphatics of the muscular beneath the external muscular lay-er, upon the lateral borders of the uter-us, are large receiving vessels, intowhich empty the lymphatics from boththe subserous and uterine vessels. Thelymphatics of the cervix pass to theglands of the pelvic cavity, while thoseof the border and fundus follow thecourse
. The science and art of midwifery. vessels, with dilated and constricted portions, andprovided with valves, exists beneath the serous coat. The lymph-spaces of the uterine mucous mem-brane communicate, by funnel-shapeddepressions, with the lymph-spaces andlymphatics of the muscular beneath the external muscular lay-er, upon the lateral borders of the uter-us, are large receiving vessels, intowhich empty the lymphatics from boththe subserous and uterine vessels. Thelymphatics of the cervix pass to theglands of the pelvic cavity, while thoseof the border and fundus follow thecourse of the plexus pampiniformis toform connections with the lymphaticsof the lumbar region.* Development of the FemaleGenerative Organs. — Three con-nected structures make their appear-ance on either side of the spinal col-umn, at an early period of fetal exist-ence, which need to be understood bythose who would gain a clear idea ofthe developed organs of generation inthe female. These structures are the Wolffian bodies, the ducts of. Fig. 21.—Rudimentary sexual internal organs representedat the seventh week of fetal life ;the external organs belong to alater period. 1, spinal column ;3, 32 Wolffian bodies ; 5, glandsdestined to become the ovaries inthe female, the testicles in themale ; 6, Wolffian duct; 7, fila-ments of Muller; 8, bladder; 9,tubercle, forming the rudiment ofeither the clitoris or penis; 10,folds destined to form the labiamajora (in the male the scrotum);11, sinus uro-genitalis; 12, anus.(Luschka.) * LEoroLD, Die Lymphgefasse der normalen nicht schwangeren Uterus, Arch, f,, Bd. vi, Heft I, pp. 1 et seq.; Luschka, Die Anatomie des menschlichen Beck-ens, Tiibingen, 1865, p. 378. 30 PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. Miiller, and the rudimentary organs which are destined at a more ad-vanced period to become the ovaries. The Wolffian bodies are oblong glandular structures, temporary in character, which are thought toperform, in the embryo, the excre-tory fu
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