Treatise on human physiology : for the use of students and practitioners of medicine / by Henry C. Chapman.

  • Henry Cadwalader Chapman
Date:
1887
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Credit: Treatise on human physiology : for the use of students and practitioners of medicine / by Henry C. Chapman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tion in the human body is seen in the development of a racemose gland (Fig. 541) through the division and subdivision of a simple follicular Fia. 541. Diagrammatic view of development of glands. gland. ‘The reproduction of man and most animals, however, is accom- plished by the union of a spermatozoon and an ovum, specialized products of the male and female generative apparatus respectively, which, while elaborated by a process of fission, or gemmation, unlike the products of the latter, must fuse together in order to give rise to a new being, neither spermatozoon nor ovum, by themselves, being capable of further development. Further, it will be observed that since, in the production of a new being by sexual generation, the union of the sper- matozoon and ovum is indispensable, the qualities of the parents must be transmitted to their offspring. The female generative organs, situ- ated partly within and partly without the pelvis, consist of the uterus, Fallopian tubes, vagina, ovaries, the external and internal labia, cli- toris, etc. The uterus (Fig. 542), or womb, is a pyriform, hollow Fia. 542. z re 11d] SSO Lj} 14 == SS Sa... HF my SSS SS —Hy A (> sift qui AY, LY \ a DD, Mm: ~<a \\ | u/{ i + i ‘c Sy AIS WON WY Q fo —S Sketch of the uterus and its appendages. 1. Uterus, with its peritoneal covering partially retained. 2. Its fundus. 3. Its neck, with the forepart of the attachment of the vagina removed. 4, Mouth of the uterus, 5, Interior of the vagina. 6. Broad ligament, removed on the opposite side. 7, Position of the ovary behind the broad ligament. 8 Round ligament. 9. Oviduct, or Fallopian tube. 10. Its fim- briated extremity. 11. Ovary. 12. Ovarian ligament. 13, Process connecting the fimbriated extremity with the ovary. 14. Cut border of the broad ligament. (WILson.) muscular organ, lying, in the unimpregnated condition, within the pelvis, between the rectum and the bladder, and maintained in position by its attachment to the vagina ,by the recto- and vesico-uterine peri- toneal folds, and the round and broad ligaments, its upper broad extremity is known as the fundus, or base, the narrow extremity the cervix, or neck, and the intervening portion as the corpus, or body. The uterus is about two and a half inches in length, two inches in breadth, and one inch in thickness.
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