THE ABDOMINAL WALLS. 103 



- Recto-vaginal pouch, 1056. (971) 

 Ligaments of the uterus : 



Peritoneal ligaments, 1085-6-7. (1062-3-4) 



Lateral or broad ligaments, or alae vespertilionis. 

 Superior or free border. 



Ligamentum infundibulo-pelvicum. 

 Internal border. 

 Inferior border. 

 _-, External border. 



Structures enclosed between the two layers of the broad liga- 

 ment : 



(1) The ovary and its ligament. 



(2) Fallopian tube. 



(3) Round ligament. 



(4) Parovarium. Duct of Gartner. Hydatid of Morgagni. 

 Posterior peritoneal or recto-uterine ligaments. 



Utero-sacral ligaments. 

 Anterior peritoneal or utero-vesical ligaments. 



Strip the peritoneum from the pelvic walls, with the knife-handle carefully scrape away the subperi- 

 toneal tissue and fat and expose the upper or pelvic segment of the obturator fascia and the recto- 

 vesical fascia. The ligaments of the bladder will be developed as the recto-vesical fascia is traced. 



Subperitoneal connective tissue, 994. (973) 

 Obturator fascia, 1098-9; Fig. 684. (1075) 



White line or arcus tendineus. 



Upper or pelvic segment. 

 Recto-vesical fascia, 1101-2, 1056. (1077, 1034) 



Prostatic or anterior true ligaments. 



Lateral true ligaments. 



Superior true ligament. 

 The pelvic fascia, 1156. (1132) 



The relations of the pelvic fascia should also be studied with a pelvis in which the fascia has been 

 exposed from the side, by the removal of a part of the pelvic wall. 



The position, relations, form, and size of each of the pelvic organs should now be determined, so far as 

 is possible without dissection or injury to the structures. 



The rectum. The anus, ion. (989-90) 

 Urinary bladder, 1053-4-5-6. (1031-2-3) 

 Form. 



Relations : Antero-inferior surface. Cavum Retzi. 

 Lateral surface. 



Posterior surface. Triangular space. 

 Superior surface. 

 In the infant, 1058. (1035-6) 



A , , ( Effects of distention. ) 

 Male. \ T . \ loss 6. 



( Internal urinary meatus. j 



Female bladder, 1058. (1038) 

 Ureter, pelvic portion, 1052-3. (1030-1) 

 ' Vas deferens, 1065-6. (1043-4) 

 ' { Vesiculae seminales, 10667. (1044-5) 

 Male. -| Prostate, 1058-9. (1036-7) 



Base. Anterior wall. Posterior wall. 

 Prostatic fissure. 



