BY JAS. P. HILL. 49 



The two bodies of the uteri lie with their mesial surfaces in 

 close apposition, surrounded by a common peritoneal layer, except 

 anteriorly, where they are separate over a short part of their 

 extent and connected by the common median portion of the 

 liiiamenta lata (the ligamentum uterorum superius of Brass). 

 The " bodies " alone of the uteri are visible when, after pulling 

 aside the vaginal caeca, the organs are examined from the ventral 

 aspect. They lie dorsal to the posterior portions of the vaginal 

 cffca and are connected posteriorly with the latter by a low 

 median peritoneal fold. Viewed from the dorsal aspect (Plate i., 

 fig. 1) the uteri are seen throughout their extent. In fig. 1 it 

 will be noticed that the groove between the bodies of the uteri 

 fades away at the commencement of the contracted necks which, 

 except for a faint median line, appear to form externally a single 

 tube about half the thickness of one of the uteri. The cavities 

 of the uterine necks are separated from each other posteriorly by 

 a common partition wall and each opens into a very short median 

 vaginal cul-de-sac. The two cul de-sacs, also separated by a 

 common partition wall, externally appear to form the direct con- 

 tinuation of the uterine necks and are not in any way outwardly 

 marked off from the latter. They form the extreme posterior 

 end of the portion marked iit.n. in fig. 1. While the bodies of the 

 uteri are only connected with the vaginal c?eca by a low median 

 fold, the uterine necks become closely united over their entire 

 breadth with the dorsal surface of the latter. Posteriorly, how- 

 ever, the cfeca rapidly decrease in size to pass directly over into 

 the lateral vaginal canals, while the latter at the same time take 

 a very slight outward bend, with the result that in this region 

 the hinder sections of the uterine necks, together with the median 

 vaginal cul-de-sacs, come to lie imbedded in the connective tissue 

 enclosed between the upper ends of the lateral vaginal canals. 



About on a level with the union of the uterine necks with the 

 dorsal surface of the cfeca, the fundus of the bladder likewise 

 becomes united with their ventral surface so that all three parts 

 are here united into a single mass (Plate ii., fig. 3, ut.n., vag.c, hi.). 



