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the protuberance begins to become less noticeable owing to the 

 growth of the other uterine cornu, and at the fifth to the sixth 

 month the form of the uterus becomes ovoid, more rarely cylin- 

 drical, spherical, with one or two horns, cylindrical in a transverse 



FIG. 101. Gravid uterus with arteries and veins injected : from a corrosion preparation made by 

 Hyrtl. From Deskriptiven und topographisdien Anatomie des Menschen, by C. Heitzmann. 

 1, uterine artery ; 2, uterine vein ; 3, vaginal branch ; 4, spermatic vein ; 5, spermatic artery ; 

 6, vaginal plexus. 



direction, according to the different congenital forms of the organ, 

 the seat of attachment of the placenta, the size and position of 

 the foetus. 



The position of the uterus changes at the same time as its 

 shape. As it ascends in the abdominal cavity it leans with its 



