318 NORMAL HISTOLOGY AND ORGANOGRAPHY. 



It is therefore an organ in which great activity is 

 manifest during the greater part of adult life. 



The fully developed virgin uterus is a pear-shaped 

 organ, flattened from before backward, free above, 



Fig. 230. Arrangement of uterine muscle, as seen from in front after 

 removal of serous coat (Helie). 



and connected below with the vagina, into which its 

 lower extremity projects. Its average dimensions 

 are, three inches in length, two inches in breadth at 

 its upper and widest part, and one inch in thickness. 



