546 A MANUAL OF ANATOMY. 



of the ovary, and to the Fallopian tube by one of the 

 fimbriae. 



The Veins form a Plexus about the ovary and in the 

 meshes of the broad ligament (the pampiniform plexus). 

 The right ovarian vein opens "into the vena cava, the left 

 into the left renal vein. 



The Lymphatics. The distribution of the lymph drained 

 from the female genitals is important as giving a clue to the 

 site of a possible infection. The vulvar lymphatics empty 

 into the inguinal glands. Inflammation of the vulva may 

 cause an enlargement of the inguinal glands constituting, as 

 in the male, a bubo. 



The vaginal and uterine lymphatics pass to the pelvic 

 glands, from the round ligament to the inguinal glands, and 

 from the broad ligament to the lumbar glands. 



The Nerves are derived from the third and fourth lum- 

 bar, hypogastric, and renal sympathetic plexuses. 



The Internal Iliac Artery and its Branches. Figs. 1 12, 



H3, 114- 



The internal iliac is the posterior branch of the common 

 iliac, as the external is the anterior branch. The terms ex- 

 ternal and internal as applied to these arteries are misno- 

 mers, for both arteries are internal, within the abdominal 

 cavity, the proper designation would be as indicated, anterior 

 and posterior. 



The internal iliac descends along the pelvic wall to the 

 upper margin of the great sacrosciatic foramen, where it 

 divides into the anterior and posterior trunk. 



The anterior trunk gives off the vesical, hemorrhoidal, 

 uterine, vaginal, obturator, sciatic, and pudic branches. 



(a) The vesical are three in number, the superior, middle, 



