THE ABDOMINAL WALLS. 109 



Uterus, 1083-4-5. (1060-1-2) 

 Cervix : 



Supra-vaginal zone. 

 Zone of vaginal attachment. 

 Intra-vaginal zone, os uteri. 

 Labia. 



Open the uterus by a Y-incision ; beginning at tbe os, make a median incision through the 

 posterior wall nearly to the fundus, and from the upper end of the median incision make 

 incisions in the direction of the angles, to tbe termination of the oviducts, Fig. 637. Start- 

 ing at the median incision, trim away the posterior wall of the uterus and expose the cavity. 



Cavity : 



Cavity of the body. 

 Cavity of the neck. 

 Os internum. 

 Os externum. 

 Structure : 



Muscular coat. 



Outer, middle layer, internal layer. 

 Mucous membrane. 



Uterine artery. Uterine veins, 1091. (1067-8) 

 Lymphatics, 1092. (10689) 

 Fallopian tube. 



Structure, 108990. (1066) 

 Serous coat. 

 Cellular coat. 

 Muscular coat. 

 Mucous membrane. 

 Ovary, 10901. (1067) 

 Structure : 



Tunica albuginea. 



Ovisacs or Graafian follicles. Corpus luteum. 

 Ovarian artery. Ovarian veins, 1091-2. (1068) 

 Read: Development of the Genito-urinary Organs, 1091-1096. (10691072) 



The Thigh, 1210-1216. (1186-1192) 

 Bony landmarks : 



Trochanter major. Nelaton'sline. Bryant's triangle. 

 Muscular prominences. Poupart's ligament. 

 Scarpa's triangle. Saphenous open ing. 

 Line of femoral artery. Hunter's canal. 



The Knee, 1220-2-3-4. (1196-7-8-9-1200) 

 Bony landmarks : 

 The patella. 



In extension. In flexion. In semiflexion. 

 Dislocation of the patella. 

 The condyles and tuberosities. 

 Ligamentum patellae and tubercle of the tibia. 

 Prepatellar bursa. 

 Synovial membrane ; Fig. 769. 



Dissection of the Front of the Thigh. 



With crayons indicate the distribution of the cutaneous nerves on the anterior aspect of the thigh, Fie. 

 464; P. 851. 



Make an incision from the anterior superior spine of the ilium along the line of Poupart's ligament to 

 the symphysis pubis and from the pubis backward, between the scrotum and the thigh, als >, from the 

 middle of Poupart's ligament down the middle of the thigh and knee to the lower end of the tubercle 

 of the tibia. Make transverse incisions at the middle of the thigh, above and below the knee. Turn 

 the skin each way from the median incision, exposing the superficial fascia, vessels, and nerves. 

 Fig. 710; P. 1165. 



