Elements of comparative anatomy / by Carl Gegenbaur ; translated by F. Jeffrey Bell ; the translation revised and a preface written by E. Ray Lankester.

  • Gegenbaur, C. (Carl), 1826-1903.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Elements of comparative anatomy / by Carl Gegenbaur ; translated by F. Jeffrey Bell ; the translation revised and a preface written by E. Ray Lankester. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cowper^s glands are connected with the portion which is enclosed by the erectile bodies. These are not always present (Cetacea, Carnivora). In the female they open into the vestibulum vaginaß (glands of Duverney or Bartholin). The glands of the prepuce (Tyson's glands) are developed into large organs in many Mam- mals, and especially in the Rodentia, among which they are best developed in Castor (Fig. 353, t).