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HUMAN ANATOMY. 



The arteries are from the ovarian, the veins follow the same 

 course, and the lymphatics and nerves are the same as the (fvarian 

 and uterine. 



THE VAGINA is a cylindrical membranous canal extending 

 from the vulva to the uterus. It is formed by the coalescence of 

 two symmetrical tubes in foetal life. 



MONS VENERIS 



MEATUS 



URINARIUS 



FIG. 131. 

 External female genitals. (Eckley.) 



Relations. It is in relation in front with the base of the bladder 

 and urethra, behind its upper fourth with Douglas' pouch, its lower 

 three-fourths connected loosely with the rectum, and laterally with the 

 broad ligaments, pelvic fascia, and levator ani muscles. 



(hrthe posterior wall just below the cervix uteri the ureters 

 approach each other, leaving a space of only three-quarters of an 

 inch between them, important in lithotomy. 



