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LIGAMENTS OF THE UTERUS. 



Fig. 181.* 



verse septum between the bladder and rectum. The folds formed by 

 this duplicature of peritoneum on either side of the organ are the broad 

 ligaments of the uterus. The cervix is the lower portion of the organ ; 

 it is distinguished from the body by a well-marked constriction ; 



* A side view of the viscera of the female pelvis. 1. The symphysis pubis; 

 to the upper part of which the tendon of the rectus muscle is attached. 2. 

 The abdominal parietes. 3. The collection of fat, forming the projection of 

 the mons Veneris. 4. The urinary bladder. 5. The entrance of the left 

 ureter. 6. The canal of the urethra, converted into a mere fissure by the 

 contraction of its walls. 7. The meatus urinarius. 8. The clitoris, with its 

 prseputium, divided through the middle. 9- The left nympha. 10. The left 

 labium majus. 11. The meatus of the vagina, narrowed by the contraction 

 of its sphincter. 12. The canal of the vagina, upon which the transverse 

 rugee are apparent. 13. The thick wall of separation between the base of the 

 bladder and the vagina. 14. The wall of separation between the vagina and 

 rectum. 15. The perineum. 16. The os uteri. 17. Its cervix. 18. The 

 fundus uteri. The cavitas uteri is seen along the centre of the organ. 19. 

 The rectum, shewing the disposition of its mucous membrane. 20. The 

 anus. 21. The upper part of the rectum, invested by the peritoneum. 22. 

 The recto-uterine fold of the peritoneum. 23 The utero-vesical fold. 24. 

 The reflexion of the peritoneum, from the apex of the bladder upon the 

 urachus to the internal surface of the abdominal parietes. 25. The last lumbar 

 vertebra. 26. The sacrum. 27. The coccyx. 



