Identifier: healthknowledget02cori (find matches)
Title: Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Corish, J. L
Subjects: Medicine, Popular
Publisher: New York : Domestic Health Society
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the anterior margin of thevagina. THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM The reproductive system includes, in the male, the testicles,a pair of reproductive glands placed in the scrotum; the epididy-mis, the convoluted first part of the duct of the testicle; the vasdeferens, the duct proper of the testicle; the seminal vesicles, apair of receptacles for storing the semen, or secretion of the testi-cles, which join the lower parts of the corresponding vasa def-erentia; the common ejaculatory ducts, the narrow terminalparts of the vasa def erentia, opening into the urethra, which con-veys the semen to the exterior; the prostate gland and the twoCowpers glands,accessory glandsopening into theurethra; and the ex-ternal genital or-gans, the penis andscrotum. In the female thereproductive systemincludes the ovaries,a pair of reproduc-tive glands situatedin the pelvis; theFallopian tubes,which connect theovaries with thewomb; the uterus, orwomb, in which the development and The Female Eeprodactive Organs.
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914 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY growth of the embryo and fetus from the ovum takes place; thevagina, the passage from the womb to the exterior; and thevulva, which includes all the external genital organs of thefemale. The mammary glands, or breasts, are also included. The testicles are two in number, and are situated side by sidein the scrotum. Each is oval in shape, about an inch and a halflong, one inch broad, and three quarters of an incli thick, coveredwith a strong fibrous coat from which fibrous partitions go intothe substance of the gland, dividing it up into compartmentsin which are, intricately coiled, the seminiferous tubules, wherethe spermatozoa, or male sexual elements, are formed. The epididymis lies behind and in close relation to the testicles.It is a crescent-shaped body, the upper part of which is formedof a number of small twisted ducts coming from the testicles.These join together to form one tube, which is greatly convolutedand composes the body and the lower part of

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