. True manhood : a manual for young men . the case of fishes, the warm rays of the sunfalling upon the spawn laid in the sand ; or in thecase of insects, the cocoon spun around the larvas, are 4S TRUE MANHOOD. all different arrangements having the same end inview ; viz., shelter, warmth and protection of the eggsuntil they have grown sufficiently large to be bornout of the shell. This class does not require and therefore does notpossess a special organ. But it will readily be seenthat in animals of the highest class, in order to pre-vent the ovum from passing into the wrong place inthe body, a
. True manhood : a manual for young men . the case of fishes, the warm rays of the sunfalling upon the spawn laid in the sand ; or in thecase of insects, the cocoon spun around the larvas, are 4S TRUE MANHOOD. all different arrangements having the same end inview ; viz., shelter, warmth and protection of the eggsuntil they have grown sufficiently large to be bornout of the shell. This class does not require and therefore does notpossess a special organ. But it will readily be seenthat in animals of the highest class, in order to pre-vent the ovum from passing into the wrong place inthe body, and thus getting lost and destroyed, aspecial provision is necessary. Hence we find in allthese a uterus or womb. Some butchering time thereader may perhaps persuade his father to show himthese parts of a pig or cow. These are all very wise arrangements of theCreator, and show how much interest and affectionHe must have had for everything He made; eventhe most insignificant of them being planned by Him,and taking a share of his Fig. VIII. Human Ovary, 0., Ovary; Oa., fingerlike extremity ofthe oviduct; Od., oviduct or fallopian tube. The above cut shows very clearly the fingerlikeends of the oviduct, which grasp the ovum and con-vey it to the uterus. TRUE MANHOOD. 49 The Uterus. A muscular organ situated in the inferior portionof the pelvis, between the bladder and rectum. Itis less than three inches in length and two inches inwidth, and one in thickness. It is pear shaped, thecervix pointing to the coccyx. The Oviducts or Fallopian Ttibes, Minute cylindrical openings from the superior andlateral portion ot the uterus, about three inches inlength and terminating in fimbriated or finger-likeextremeties. The latter are minute muscular bodies,which grasp the ovum as it bursts through the mem-branes of the ovary, and convey it into the oviducton its way to the uterus. The ovum is less than ^iirof an inch in diameter, and the cavity of the oviductis so small that it would
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