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SPLANCHNOLOGY. 



during utero-gestation. The cylindrical comua spring from the 

 anterior extremity of the body, diverge upwards and forwards, 

 together presenting an inferior free convex curvature and a 

 superior concave one, to which are attached the suspensory 

 ligaments. Their posterior extremity is continuous with the 

 body ; while the anterior, or summit, forms a cavity turned 

 upwards, into wh^ch the Fallopian tube enters. 



The uterus consists of three coats ; an external serous, central 

 muscular, and internal mucous. The serous coat, a reflection of 



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Female generative organs partly laid open— seen from above, a a, Lips of viilva divided at the 

 superior commissure ; b, Clitoris ; c, Prepuce ; d d, Vagina laid open ; e, Bladder ; c', Meatus 

 urioarius ; /, Its valve, of mucous membrane ; g, Neck of the uterus ; g" g", Body of uterus opened; 

 k. Eight curnu opened ; i. Fallopian tube ; k, Ovary. 



the peritoneum, covers the body and horns, forms the broad, or 

 suspensory ligarroents, and is reflected on to the bladder, rectum, 

 vagina, and walls of the pelvic cavity, forming the ligaments. 

 The broad ligaments pass from either side of the uterus to the 

 pelvic walls, forming a septum across, and dividing the pelvis 

 into two portions, the inferior containing the bladder, vagina, 

 and urethra ; the superior the rectum. Two peritoneal folds, 

 the superior, or recto-uterine ligament, unite the uterus to the 



