Human physiology (Volume 2) . nimals are so placed during the act of fecundation as to envelopethe entire ovary, either directly by means of the open trumpet-shaped extremity, or indirectly by the aid of the fimbriated extre-mity. In women, however, the fimbriated extremity of the tubeembraces but a small portion of the ovary; and M. Raciborskithinks, that this anatomical peculiarity is the cause of extra-uterineconception being so much more common in women than in do-mestic animals. In the latter, indeed, it is very rare. The ovaries, (Fig. 224,) are two ovoidbodies, of a pale red colour, rug
Human physiology (Volume 2) . nimals are so placed during the act of fecundation as to envelopethe entire ovary, either directly by means of the open trumpet-shaped extremity, or indirectly by the aid of the fimbriated extre-mity. In women, however, the fimbriated extremity of the tubeembraces but a small portion of the ovary; and M. Raciborskithinks, that this anatomical peculiarity is the cause of extra-uterineconception being so much more common in women than in do-mestic animals. In the latter, indeed, it is very rare. The ovaries, (Fig. 224,) are two ovoidbodies, of a pale red colour, rugous,and nearly of the size of the testes ofthe male. They are situate in the cavityof the pelvis, and are contained in the pos-terior fold of the broad ligaments of theuterus. At one time they were conceivedto be glandular, and were called the femaletestes ; but as soon as the notion prevailed » Webers Hildebrandts Handbuch der Anatomie, Band. 422, Braunschweig1832. b Gazette Medicale de Paris, 25 Juin, 1842. Fig. Section of Ovary. 340 GENERATION. that they contained ova, the term ovary or egg-vessel was givento them. The external extremity of the ovary has attached to itone of the principal fimbria? of the Fallopian tube. The inner ex-tremity has a small fibro-vascular cord inserted into it : this passesto the uterus to which it is attached behind the insertion of theFallopian tube, and a little lower. It is called the ligament of\the ovary, and is in the posterior ala of the broad ligament. It issolid, and has no canal. The surface of the ovary has manyround prominences, and the peritoneum— forming the indusium— envelopes the whole of it, except at the part where the ovaryadheres to the broad ligament. The precise nature of its paren-chyma or stroma is not determined. When torn or divided lon-gitudinally, as in Fig. 226, it appears to be constituted of a cel-lulo-vascular tissue. In this, there are from fifteen to twentyspherical vesicles — ovula Graafiana,
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