CHAPTER XXV 

 THE PELVIC ORGANS 



IN THE MALE PELVIS. IN THE FEMALE PELVIS. 



The rectum. The rectum. 



The urinary bladder. The urinary bladder. 



The prostate gland. The uterus. 



The ovaries, and uterine tubes. 

 The vagina. 



The Rectum is already described (page 146). 



The Bladder is the receptacle and reservoir for the urine and is 

 situated in the pelvis just behind the pubic bones. 



It is described with the urinary organs (p. 246). 



In the male pelvis the bladder is in front of the rectum and in 

 contact with it for a short distance in the lower part. Above this 

 point the peritoneum dips between the two organs forming the 

 recto-vesical pouch (p. 352, Fig. 227). 



The prostate gland is situated at the base of the bladder, im- 

 mediately in front of the rectum and surrounding the first portion 

 of the urethra. 



In the female pelvis the relations of the bladder are different. 

 The base is immediately in front of the lower portion of the uterus 

 and upper portion of the vagina, the urethra lying dose to the 

 vaginal wall. The peritoneum which dips between the bladder 

 and uterus forms the utero-vesical pouch. 



THE UTERUS AND APPENDAGES 



These constitute the internal generative organs. 

 The appendages are the uterine (or Fallopian) tubes and the 

 ovaries. 



THE UTERUS 



The uterus, or womb, is situated between the bladder and the 

 upper part of the rectum. It is a hollow organ shaped somewhat 

 like a pear, about two and one-half or three inches long, and one 



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