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SYMPATHETIC NERVE. 



Fig. 361.- 



-Ganglia and Nerves of the Gravid Uterus at the end of the Ninth Month. 

 After Dr. K. Lee. 



A. Tho fundns and body of the utern*, having the peritoneum dissected off from the left side. B. The vagina covered 

 with nerves proceeding from the Inferior border of the led hyp<n;H*tne ganglion. C. The rectum. 1>. Th<> left ovarium 

 mill Fallopian tube. E. The trunk of the left spermatic vein anil artery surrounded by die left lp*rm*t)o gAUgliOk. F. 

 The iiurtii divided a little above the origin of-the right spermatic artery, and about three Inches above its divisimi into the 

 two common iliac arteries. 0. The vena ciiva. H. Trunk of the right spermatic vein entering the vena cava. I. Kight 

 K. The two cords of the great sympathetic nerve passing down along tlie front of the aorta. L. Trunk of the 

 Inferior mesenteric artery, passing off from the aorta, and covered with a great plexus of nerves sent off from the left and 

 ri if lit cords oftlm great sympathetic. M M. The two. cords of the great sympathetic passing down below the bifurcation 

 of the aorta to the point where they separate into the right and left hypognstric nerves. N. The right hypogastric nerve 

 with iti artery injected proceediniMo the neck of the uterus, to terminate in the right hTpogMtrk Kautfliiiu. O. The left 

 l,vpi.L;:>-tio n. rve where it is entering die left hypopistric (fanglion. and giving off branches t'i the left snbperltoueal gan- 

 glimi. P. llasmorrlioi.lal nerves accompanying the hiemorrhoidal artery and proceeding from the grnit plexus which sur- 

 rounded the inferior mosenteric artery. Q. The sacral nerves entering the whole outer surface of the hypoirastric gan- 

 glion. K. The left hypogaxtric ganglion with its arteries injected. S. The nerves of the vagina. T. Nerves w ith sn 

 Injected artery proceeding from the upper purl of the left hypogastric ganglion along the body of the Uterus, aud terini- 

 iiMtnu' in the'left spiTinatin ganglion. U. Continuation of tMM nerves and tli.' luaiiches which they give off to the snb- 

 p. -riti meal plexuses. V. The same nerves passing upward beneath the subperitoneal plexuses, and anastomosing freely 

 with them W. The left spermatic ganglion, in which the nerves and artery from the hypogastrio ganglion, and the 

 brunches of the left subperiloneal plexuses terminate, and from which the nerves of the fundus uteri are supplied. X. The 

 left Mihperitoneal plexuses coveriiik' the body of the uterus. Y. The left stibpeiitoneal puiL-lton, with numerous lunnrh'-s 

 of nerves extending between it and the left hypogastric nerve and traiu'lion. /.. The left comiuou iliac artery cui acivas 

 and turned axide, that thu left hypogastric nerve and gaugliou might be traced au>l exposed. 



