On the Wolffian bodies of the foetus, and their remains in the adult : including the development of the generative system / by William Mitchell Banks.

  • Banks, W. Mitchell (William Mitchell), 1842-1904.
Date:
1864
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Credit: On the Wolffian bodies of the foetus, and their remains in the adult : including the development of the generative system / by William Mitchell Banks. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    elleventia. In llio female the excretory ducts form the canals of Gaertner. 5. Ill the female the upper parts of the Miillerian ducts form the Fallopian tuhes, and in animals the cornua uteri also, and their lower parts meet together into one canal, and form the uterus and vagina. In the male, the upper parts form the hydatid of Morgagni, and certain small superficial cysts along the course of the epididymis, and their lower united ends, the vesicula prostatica. 6. The hydatid of Morgagni is the analogue of the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube, and not of any vesicle or vesicles found thereon. The parovarium is the analogne of the globus major ; and the vesicula prostatica that of the uterus and vagina. 7. The sinus urogenitalis forms the vestibulum vagina3 of the female, and the membranous and a very small part of the prostatic portion of the urethra in the male. 8. The remains of the ^olffian body proper are to be found as small fragmentary tubules and granules scattered about in the neighbourhood of the parovarium; in the male they form the organ of Giraldes, and some of the tubules still remaining in connection with their excretory duct (the body of the epididymis) form the vasaaberrantia of Haller. 9. The majority of seminal cysts are to be found on the caput ejjididymis, and are probably formed from dilatations of the tubules of that body ; those found on the spei-matic cord may possibly result from the dilated ends of the vasa aberrantia. 10. The organ of Giralde's may give rise to cysts on the spermatic coi'd, which, however, never contain sperma- tozoa.