8. =Ovaries.= Note _size_, _form_, _consistence_, _color_, _character of cut-surface_, number of Graafian follicles, corpus luteum, etc. Ovary at puberty weighs about 10 grm., measures 4-5.2 cm. long, 2-2.7 cm. broad, 1.0-1.1 cm. thick. The adult ovary weighs about 7 grm., and measures 2-4 cm. long, 1.4-1.6 cm. broad, 0.7-0.9 cm. thick. A corpus luteum is 1.0-2.0 cm. in diameter. Ovary is compared to an almond in size and shape. In young individuals the surface is grayish-white and smooth; with age the surface becomes more and more irregular, the organ smaller and its consistence firmer. The cut-surface in young individuals is normally very moist (this should not be regarded as œdema). The most important conditions are: inflammation (acute and chronic, hæmorrhagic, purulent, etc., oöphoritis, abscess), tuberculosis, cystic follicles, lutein-cysts, cystadenoma (multilocular, monolocular, surface papilloma, simplex, papillary), parovarian cysts, carcinoma, fibroma, sarcoma, dermoid cysts, teratomata, malignant teratomata, embryoma, parasites (echinococcus is very rare). 9. =Uterine Ligaments, Vessels and Lymphatics.= Peritoneum over the broad ligament should be moist-shining, delicate and transparent. Inflammatory processes are very common in the parametrium, particularly in puerperal cases. The peritoneum is cloudy, opaque, injected, or covered with fibrinous or purulent exudate. Great numbers of small cysts containing clear fluid are often found in the peritoneum of the broad ligament as the sequelæ of inflammation. Note contents of blood-vessels (thrombi, concretions, neoplasms), and character of walls. Parovarian cysts, myomata, adenomyomata (round ligament), secondary carcinoma, chronic inflammations, hæmatoma and tubercles are the most common pathologic conditions. CHAPTER XII. SPECIAL REGIONAL EXAMINATION. I. METHODS OF EXAMINATION.