ANATOMY IN A NUTSHELL. *>">*» 



pass from the sides of the uterus to the sides of therectum first, then to the 



sacrum. 



7 and 8. The two round ligaments arc about five inches Long and extend 

 from the lateral aspect of the fundus of the uterus through the inguinal canals 

 to the labia majora. They are composed of muscular tissue, areolar tissue, 

 and fibrous tissue, as well as vessels and nerves. 



The canal of Xuck is a tubule of peritoneum in the young female descending 

 from the uterus into the inguinal canal. It is usually obliterated in the adult. 



Blood Supply. — (1) The uterine, which is a branch of the anterior division 

 of the internal iliac artery. (2) funicular from the superior vesical, (3) the 

 ovarian from the abdominal aorta. 



Nerve Supply. — From the inferior hypogastric and ovarian plexus of 

 the sympathetic, and the third and fourth sacral nerves. 



The lymphatics of the cervix end in the pelvic nodes, while those from 

 the body end in the lumbar node.-. 



The coats of the uterus are three, (1) a serous, (2) a muscular, and (3) a 

 mucous. 



The serous coat is the peritoneum which invests the uterus, except at 

 its lower anterior one-fourth. 



The muscular coat, which is composed of smooth muscular fiber inter- 

 mingled with the areolar tissue, blood vessels and nerves, forms the chief bulk 

 of the uterus. The circular muscular fibers are most numerous in the cervix, 

 while the longitudinal are most numerous in the body of the uterus. 



The mucous coat is very thick (one-eighth of an inch) is closely adherent 

 to the internal muscular layer. It is pale and smooth, and has the openings 

 of numerous glands upon its surface and is covered with ciliated columnar 

 epithelium. The ovula of Naboth are glandules or follicles within the os uteri 

 and cervical canal which are often distended with mucus, which mucus Naboth 

 mistook for human ova. hence their name. 



A laceration of the cervix in a diathesis or neuropathic constitution 

 is followed (1) by irritation. (2) indigestion, (3) malnutrition. (4) anemia. (5) 

 neurosis. 



LESSON CXCIII. 

 The Fallopian tubes (oviducts) which serve to convey the ovum from the 

 ovary to the uterine cavity, are two in number. Each one is aboul four inches 

 long and one eighth of an inch in diameter and they are situated in the free or 

 upper margin of the broad ligament, extending from the superior angles of the 

 uterus to the superior or outer extremity of the ovary. One end of the Fallopian 

 tube opens into the uterus at its superior external point . and the other end opens 

 into the peritoneal cavity. Each tube is lined with ciliated columnar epithe- 

 lium and its mucous lining is continuous with the uterine mucous membrane at 

 one extremity and with the peritoneum at the other extremity. The meso- 

 salpinx is the mesentery of the fallopian tube and it is that part of the broad 

 ligament between the tube and the ovary. Each tube increase- in size from 

 within outward and consists of the following parts: 



