318 NORMAL HISTOLOGY / ND ORGANOGRAPHY. 



It is therefore an organ in which great activity i; 

 manifest during the greater pai u of adult life. 



The fully developed virgin uterus is a pear-shapec 

 organ, flattened from before backward, free above 



Fig- 2 3. Arrangement of uterine muscle, as seen from in front after 

 removal of serous coat (Helie). 



and connected below with the vagina, into which it 

 lower extremity projects. Its average dimension 

 are, three inches in length, two inches in breadth a 

 its upper and widest part, and one inch in thickness 



