The _penis_ is the external organ of generation in the male and is attached to the pubes and the anterior part of the ischium. It is composed of erectile tissue and encloses the urethra, the _meatus urinarius_ appearing at its end as a vertical slit. Toward the end the skin of the penis is loose and is prolonged forward in what is known as the _prepuce_ or _foreskin_. It is this that is clipped away in circumcision. =The Female Generative Organs.=--The female generative organs include the ovaries, Fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and the external genitalia or vulva. The _ovaries_, which are homologous to the testes in the male, are two flattened oval bodies, grayish pink in color, suspended from the lateral or broad ligaments which fasten the uterus to the walls of the pelvis. They are one and a quarter inches long, three-quarters of an inch wide, and half an inch thick and are attached at the upper end to one of the fimbriæ of the Fallopian tubes. They consist of numerous _Graafian follicles_ embedded in a fibrous stroma, each follicle containing an _ovum_ about ¹/₁₂₅ inch in diameter and just visible to the naked eye. When a follicle ruptures and discharges an ovum, an irregular yellow spot, the _corpus luteum_, appears at the point of rupture. After ordinary menstruation it is known as the _false corpus luteum_ and after conception as the _true_ one, this one being larger and lasting longer. [Illustration: FIG. 65.--View of the pelvis and its organs. (Savage.) _B_, Bladder; _U_, uterus (drawn down by loop _e_); _F_, Fallopian tubes; _O_, ovaries; _L_, round ligaments; _g_, ureter; _a_, ovarian vessels, often prominent under their peritoneal covering; _R_, rectum; _V_, vertebra.] The _Fallopian tubes_ are the oviducts and convey the ova from the ovaries to the uterus. They are four inches long and lie between the layers of the broad ligaments, opening into the uterus by an orifice the size of a bristle, while the end next to the ovary spreads out trumpet-like and is edged with _fimbriæ_ as with a fringe, the fimbriated extremity. There are three _coats_: a serous coat which is continuous with the peritoneum, a muscular coat, and, within, a mucous coat covered with cilia, continuous with the mucous membrane of the uterus. One fimbria is attached to the ovary and as the ovum is given off it finds its way into the tube and thence to the uterus. [Illustration: FIG. 66.--Sagittal section of the female pelvis. (Dickinson.)]