238 ANATOMY FOR NURSES. [CHAP. XX. 



The bladder lies in front of it ; the rectum, behind ; the vagina, 

 below; and the small intestine rests upon it above. Its length 

 is roughly estimated to be about three inches; its greatest 

 width, one and one-half inches; and its thickness, one inch. 

 At the end of pregnancy it attains the length of a foot or more, 

 and measures about eight to ten inches transversely. 



The uterus is divided for purposes of description into three 



FIG. 135. SECTION OF FEMALE PELVIS, SHOWING RELATIVE POSITION OF VISCERA. 



parts, the fundus, body, and neck. The fundus is the rounded 

 portion projecting above a line drawn transversely through the 

 upper part of the organ. The body is the portion extending 

 from the rounded section, the fundus, to the constricted section, 

 the neck. The neck or cervix extends from the body of the 

 uterus into the vagina. 



Owing to the thickness of its walls, the cavity of the uterus 



