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Title: Kirkes' handbook of physiology
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Kirkes, William Senhouse, 1823-1864 Greene, Charles Wilson, 1866-1947
Subjects: Physiology
Publisher: New York, W. Wood and company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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time of coitus. In celibates theseminal fluid may at times escape in small quantity into the urethra to bewashed away by the urine, or periodic reflex emissions may occur. Theseminal vesicles contribute a secretion, as well as a vesicle to receive the sperm. The secretion of the seminal vesicles and that of the prostate gland arein some way concerned in maintaining the activity and prolonging the life ofthe spermatozoa. These cells remain alive in the fluid for as much as forty-eight hours after removal from the body, and remain alive quite indefinitelyin the vesicles in the body. The secretions have been proven necessary tothe life and function of the spermatozoa by the results of operations in whichthe seminal vesicles and the prostate were removed, whereby the animal be-came sterile. THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS OF THE FEMALE. The female genital organs consist of the ovaries, the Fallopian tubes, theuterus, and the vagina. The Ovaries. The ovaries are paired bodies, situated in the cav-
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Fig. 492.—Diagrammatic View of the Uterus and Its Appendages, as Seen from Behind. Theuterus and upper part of the vagina have been laid open by removing the posterior wall; theFallopian tube, round liagment, and ovarian ligament have been cut short, and the broad liga-ment removed on the left s,de. u. The upper part of the uterus; c, the cervix opposite the os in-ternum; the triangular shape of the uterine cavity is shown, and the dilatation of the cervicalcavity with the rugae termed arbor vitas; v, upper part of the vagina; od. Fallopian tube or ovi-duct; the narrow communication of its cavity with that of the cornu of the uterus on each side is seen; l, round ligament; lo, ligament of the ovary; o, ovary; i, wide outer part of the right Fallopian tube; fi, its fimbriated extremity; po, parovarium; h, one of the hydatids frequently foundconnected with the broad ligament, i. (Allen Thomson.)

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