. Fig. 241—Normal and Cystic Ovaries of Bitch. /, Cystic ovary ; B, normal ovary with the pavilion of the oviduct turned hack to expose the ovary ; C, normal ovary covered by the pavilion of the tube, showing the meatus (ill) of the ovarian sac. by which it communicates with the peritoneal cavity. position of the gravid uterus of carnivora is typically illus- trated in Fig. 242. The basal fetus ordinarily lies in the base of one horn, and the vaginal end of its fetal sac, instead of protruding into the cervix, passes across the uterine end of the cervix into the base of the other horn, or prac


. Fig. 241—Normal and Cystic Ovaries of Bitch. /, Cystic ovary ; B, normal ovary with the pavilion of the oviduct turned hack to expose the ovary ; C, normal ovary covered by the pavilion of the tube, showing the meatus (ill) of the ovarian sac. by which it communicates with the peritoneal cavity. position of the gravid uterus of carnivora is typically illus- trated in Fig. 242. The basal fetus ordinarily lies in the base of one horn, and the vaginal end of its fetal sac, instead of protruding into the cervix, passes across the uterine end of the cervix into the base of the other horn, or practically into the other uterus, since the bitch has virtually a double uterus, the two organs communicating at their bases. In this manner, from ovary to ovary, the two uterine cavities are made to constitute one continuous tube and each fetal


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