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ABDOMEN 



torn fragments, called carunculce hymenaks^ persist round the 

 opening. 



The Eelations of the Vagina. The posterior wall of the 

 vagina is in relation, above, with the recto-vaginal pouch of 

 peritoneum. Below that pouch, it is in apposition with the 

 anterior wall of the rectum (Fig. 224). The anterior wall of 

 the vagina is related to the lower part of the base of the 

 bladder and to the urethra. The lower end of the vagina is 



Orificium externum uteri 



Lateral fornix ... 



Cervix uteri 



Vestibu 

 Labium majus 



Glans clitoridis 



Broad ligament 



-Posterior wall of vagina 



Tubercle of vagina 

 Labium minus 



Orifice of urethra 

 Prepuce of clitoris 



FIG. 230. The lower part of the Cervix Uteri, the anterior wall of the 

 Vagina, and the Vestibule. The Vagina has been opened from behind. 



embraced between the vestibular bulbs, and is clasped by the 

 bulbo-cavernosus, which acts as a sphincter, and each lateral 

 border is supported by the corresponding levator ani muscle. 

 The anterior borders of the levatores ani muscles, as they 

 pass backwards from the pubic bones to the central point of 

 the perineum, closely embrace the vagina, and act as a 

 superior or second sphincter of the canal (Figs. 225, 228). 



Tubse Uterinse (O.T. Fallopian Tubes). There are two 

 uterine tubes, one on each side, and their function is to 



