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in the axis of the upper aperture of the pelvis minor, and 

 almost at right angles with the long axis of the vagina (Fig. 

 224). Its breadth, at the broadest part, is about 50 mm. 

 (two inches), and its greatest thickness is 25 mm. (one inch). 

 Its broad, upper end is directed upwards and forwards, and is 

 continuous at each side with a uterine tube. Its narrower, 

 lower end, which is directed downwards and backwards, 

 passes through the upper part of the anterior vaginal wall into 

 the cavity of the vagina. 



It is customary to describe the uterus as consisting of three 

 parts, viz., a fundus, a body, and a cervix. 



Appendices 



vesiculosi Morgag: 



Epoophoron 

 Lat. border of broad ligV 

 Corpus luteu 



Ovary 



Lig". of ovary 

 Lower border of broad lig 



.Ucbovarium 



Mesometnum 



Orificium cxlernum ut 



FIG. 227. The Uterus, the Uterine Tubes, the Ovaries, the Broad 

 Ligaments, and the upper part of the Vagina, seen from behind. The 

 posterior wall of the uterine cavity has been removed, and the left 

 Uterine Tube and the upper part of the Vagina have been opened. 



Fundus Uteri. The fundus is that portion of the rounded 

 upper end which lies above a line drawn transversely across 

 the organ between the points where the uterine tubes enter. 

 It is completely covered with peritoneum. 



Corpus Uteri. The body of the uterus diminishes in 

 breadth as it proceeds downwards to the neck. In front and 

 behind, it is convex, the convexity of the posterior surface, 

 however, being much more marked, especially in its upper 

 part, than that of the anterior surface. Each border is 

 connected to the corresponding broad ligament, and immedi- 

 ately below the entrance of the uterine tube it is joined, in 

 front, by the round ligament, and, behind, by the ligament of 

 the ovary. Inferiorly, the body of the uterus is marked off from 

 the cervix by a slight constriction, which, although very 



