THE FEMALE ORGANS OF GENERATION 

 APPENDAGES OF THE UTERUS 



The appendages of the uterus are the Fallopian tubes, 

 the ovaries and their ligaments, and the round ligaments. 

 These structures, together with their nutrient vessels and 

 nerves and some scattered muscular fibers, are enclosed 

 between the two folds of peritoneum which constitute the 

 broad ligaments. They are placed in the following order: 

 in front is the round ligament ; the Fallopian tube occupies 



FIG. 149. Posterior view of left uterine appendages: I, Uterus; 2, 

 Fallopian tubes; 3, fimbriated extremity and opening of the Fallopian tube; 

 4, parovarium ; 5, ovary ; 6, broad ligament ; 7, ovarian ligament ; 8, infundi- 

 bulopelvic ligament (Henle). 



the free margin of the broad ligament; the ovary and its 

 ligament are behind the latter. 



The Fallopian tubes, or oviducts, convey the ova 

 from the ovaries to the cavity of the uterus. They are 

 two in number, one on each side, situated in the free mar- 

 gin of the broad ligament, extending from each superior 

 angle of the uterus to the side of the pelvis. Bach tube is 

 about 4 inches in length; its canal is exceedingly small, and 

 commences at the superior angle of the uterus by a minute 



