THE UTERUS, OR WOMB 



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cul-de-sac (Figs. 1164 and 1165, and p. 1256). Its lateral margins (Figs. 1161 

 and 1164) are slightly convex. At the upper angle the Fallopian tube joins the 

 body of the uterus; immediately below this the round ligament is attached, and 

 behind the latter is the attachment of the ligament of the ovary; behind both of 



GARTNER'S 

 "DUCT 



Fig. 1163. The parovarium. The mesosalpinx is partly removed. (Poirier and Charpy.) 



these structures, and from the side of the womb the broad ligament passes. The 

 division between the body and the cervix is indicated externally by the isthmus 

 and by the reflection of the peritoneum from the anterior surface of the uterus 

 on to the bladder, and internally by a narrowing of the canal called the internal 

 os (Fig. 1164). 



The neck or cervix Uteri (Figs. 1161 and 1164) is the lower constricted segment 

 of the uterus; around its circumference is attached the upper end of the vagina 

 (Figs. 1161 and 1165), which extends upward a greater distance behind than in 

 front. The neck is spindle-shaped in the nulliparous and cylindrical in parous 

 women. 



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FALLOPIAN TUBE 



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LONGITUDINAL 



EPOOPHORON 



ABDOMINAL 

 ORIFICE 



HYDATID OF 

 MORGAGNI 



TEROVAGINAL 

 VENOUS 

 PLEXUS 



OVARIAN 



HILUM OF VENOUS 

 OVARY PLEXUS 



MESOMETRIUM 



ARBOR' 

 VITAE 



SVAGINAL 

 FORNIX 



OS UTERI 

 EXTERNUM 



FIG. 1164. The uterus and the right Fallopian tube opened from behind. (Toldt. 



The supravaginal portion (portio supravaginalis [cervicis]) (Figs. 1161 and 1165) 

 is not covered by peritoneum in front; a pad of cellular tissue is interposed between 

 it and the bladder. Behind, the peritoneum is extended over it. 



The vaginal portion (portio vaginalis [cervicis]) (Figs. 1161 and 1165) is the lower 

 end projecting into the vagina. It is round or elliptical, the long axis of the 



