166 THE PELVIS AND THE GENITAL ORGANS. 



which fasten the uterus to the walls of the pelvis. They 

 are one and a quarter inches long, three quarters of 

 an inch wide, and half an inch thick and are attached at 

 the upper end to one of the fimbrise of the Fallopian 

 tubes. They consist of numerous Graafian follicles em- 

 bedded in a fibrous stroma, each follicle containing an 

 ovum about T J T inch in diameter and just visible to the 

 naked eye. When a follicle ruptures and discharges an 



FIG. 65. View of the pelvis and its organs. (Savage.) B, Bladder; U, uterus 

 (drawn down by loop e); F, Fallopian tubes; O, ovaries; L, round ligaments; 

 g, ureter; a, ovarian vessels, often prominent under their peritoneal covering; R, 

 rectum; V, vertebra. 



ovum, an irregular yellow spot, the corpus luteum, ap- 

 pears at the point of rupture. After ordinary menstru- 

 ation it is known as the false corpus luteum and after 

 conception as thejrue one, this one being larger and last- 

 ing longer. 



The Fallopian tubes are the oviducts and convey 

 the ova from the ovaries to the uterus. They are four 

 inches long and lie between the layers of the broad 

 ligaments, opening into the uterus by an orifice the 

 size of a bristle, while the end next to the ovary spreads 



