,,,,, III MAN ANATOMY. 



,agina, the Madder, and the rectum b y 



FIG. 1698. 



Oviduct 



-Internal 





External os 



,h ,t lY arc direct continuations of the component Mullenan ducts by 



K uterus U formed, the uterus is connected . , th e ovanes 

 m.naUall, the lateral and posterior walk and the floor of the pelvis 



tot* -uscula^bands, and per, 



ments, or so-called ligaments, however, 

 have little influence in supporting the 

 uterus, but, owing to the intimate con- 

 nection of the cervix with the vagina, 

 and thus with the pelvic floor, and with 

 the sacrum by fibre-muscular bands, 

 the lower segment, enjoys a relatively 

 fixed position ; the body, on the con- 

 trary, being freely movable. 



The Broad Ligament. With the 

 exception of a narrow strip along the 

 sides between the layers of the broad 

 ligaments, the bcdy of the uterus is 

 completely invested by peritoneum. 

 The cervix, on the contrary, possesses 

 a serous covering only behind and at 

 the sides above the attachment of the 

 vagina. From each lateral border of 

 the uterus this serous investment is 

 reflected to the pelvic wall and floor 

 as a conspicuous transverse duplicature 

 of peritoneum, the broad ligament (lig- 

 amentum latum '), that passes arros> the pelvis and encloses between its layers the round 

 and ovarian li^aim-nts, the Fallopian tube, the epoophoron and the paroophoron, 

 together with the associated vesst -Is and nerves. Although enclosed by a peritoneal 

 .ire continued frftm its posterior surface, the ovary is attached to, rather than 

 within, the broad ligament. When detached from the pelvic wall and floor and 

 sprea.l out I >, the broad ligament is wing-like in form and has four borders, 



of whi. h the tin-dun or uterine is vertical, the upper or tubal is horizontal, longest, 

 and free, the lateral short and approximately vertical to correspond with the plane 

 of the pelvic wall, and the lower sloping downward and inward in agreement with the 

 direction of the pelvic floor. Within the body, the plane of the median portion of 

 the fold depe tin- piition of the uterus, in the erect posture usually extend- 



:< or less hori/ontallv, so that the posterior surface presents upward and 

 backward, and the anterior downward and forward ; when the uterus assumes an 

 upright position, the fold likewise becomes erect. On nearing its lateral attachment, 

 th- -1 ligament 1 >ecomes not only more vertical, but also parallel 



with the pelvu wall in < . >MM-<|u-n, v of the support atWded by the suspensory liga- 

 ment of the ovarv From their attachment to the pelvic walls and floor the two 

 set' ligament pass in opposite directions and are continuous 



with th- yjem-tal peritoneal lining of the pelvis. Along the pelvic floor their 

 di\- a a non-peritoneal interval through which the vessels and nerves 



and ' of the uterus. 



Th' of the bro.nl ligament is occupied by the Fallopian tube, the 



course of which it fol'. tin- outer end of the infundibulum, and thence 



passes to the pelvic wall to become continuous with the suspensory ligament of the 



Uterus told open by frontal section, showing 

 tody and cervix. 



