THE UTERUS MASCULINUS OF THE RABBIT AND ITS REACTIONS TO ANDROGENS AND OESTROGENS

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Abstract
The uterus masculinus of the adult rabbit is a large bilobed sac lying behind the bladder; it opens into the prostatic portion of the urethra and is lined by a complex epithelium [Plate I, Fig. 1]. The degree of complexity varies in different breeds of rabbits, and of those studied the Himalayan shows the most highly developed epithelium. In this breed, complexity of the epithelium is comparable to that seen in the progestational rabbit uterus, though it is clearly different in nature and development. Hütt [1927], who discusses the earlier literature, gives an excellent description of the uterus masculinus. Some doubt exists as to its embryological origin in the rabbit. Kölliker [1879] and other nineteenth-century embryologists found that the Müllerian ducts tended to atrophy in the foetus, although traces of them might occasionally persist. Hütt concludes that it is on the whole unlikely that the uterus masculinus is of Müllerian

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