THE BROAD LIGAMENT. 



Oil each side of the uterus it forms a broad fold (broad ligament) 

 which attaches that organ to the wall of the pelvis. 



The bladder in distension rises and occupies the shallow utero- 

 d pouch in front of the uterus ; and the deep recto-uterine or 



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Recto-genital fossa. Sacro-genital fold. 



FIG. 146. YESICAL SECTION THROUGH THE FEMALE PELVIS (DIXON AND 

 BIRMINGHAM). (FROM THE JOURNAL OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY, VOL. 36.) 



Douglas's pouch behind is variously occupied by the pelvic colon 

 and coils of the small intestine. 



The BROAD LIGAMENT of the uterus passing from the side of the the broad 

 uterus to the pelvic wall completes the division of the pelvic cavity lgam 

 of the female into these two main parts, Along the upper border 

 of the ligament the Fallopian tube will be noticed, and at the 

 back, against the side wall of the pelvis, the ovary will be 

 found. The part of the ligament below the Fallopian tube 



