. Woman : her sex and love life. he womb, can be seen,but the rest of the womb, the broader portion, canbe easily felt and examined by one hand in the va-gina and the other hand over the abdomen. Con-tinuous with the uterus are the Fallopian tubes, andbelow the trumpet-shaped ends of the Fallopiantubes are the ovaries, embedded in the broad liga-ments, one on each side. The Breasts. The breasts, also called mammaryglands, or iriammfE [mamma in Latin, breast], maybe considered as accessory organs of are of no importance in the male, in whomthey are usually rudimentary, but the
. Woman : her sex and love life. he womb, can be seen,but the rest of the womb, the broader portion, canbe easily felt and examined by one hand in the va-gina and the other hand over the abdomen. Con-tinuous with the uterus are the Fallopian tubes, andbelow the trumpet-shaped ends of the Fallopiantubes are the ovaries, embedded in the broad liga-ments, one on each side. The Breasts. The breasts, also called mammaryglands, or iriammfE [mamma in Latin, breast], maybe considered as accessory organs of are of no importance in the male, in whomthey are usually rudimentary, but they are of greatimportance in the female. They manufacture milk,which is necessary for the proper nutrition of theinfant, and they add a great deal to the beauty andattractiveness of the woman. They are thus a helpto the woman in getting a mate or a husband. Theprojecting elevation of the breast, which the childtakes in his mouth when nursing, is called the nipple;the darker colored area surrounding the nipple iscalled the The Pelvis of the Female. THE FEMALE SEX ORGANS 47 SUBCHAPTER C THE PELVIS The internal sex organs are situated in the lowerpart of the abdominal cavity, the part that is calledthe pelvis, or pelvic cavity. The meaning of theword pelvis in Latin is basin. The pelvis, also re-ferred to as the pelvic girdle or pelvic arch, formsa bony basin, and is composed of three powerfulbones: the sacrum, consisting of five vertebras fusedtogether and constituting the solid part of the spine,or vertebral column, in the back, and the two hip-bones, one on each side. The two hipbones meet infront, forming the pubic arch. The hipbones are called in Latin the ossa innomi-nata (nameless bones) and each hipbone is com-posed of three bones: the ilium, the ischium, and theOS pubis. The thighs are attached to the hipbones,and to the hipbones are also attached the large glti-teal muscles, which form the buttocks, or the seat. The pelvis of the female differs considerably fromt
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