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THE ABDOMEN AND PELVIS 



below and behind the abdominal inguinal ring (p. 264). The 

 ovarian vessels, etc., traverse the suspensory ligament on their 

 way to the mesovarium. 



The Vagina, which is about three inches long, is directed 

 upwards and backwards and lies in the interval between the 



Ureter 

 Obturator fossa Ovary 



Ovarian vessels 

 Obturator fossa ,' 



Folds produced by nerve-cords 

 Pararectal fossa 



Paravesical fossa 

 Round ligament 



Obliterated umbilical 



artery 



[nf. epigastric artery ;' 



Recto-uterine pouch of Douglas 



Utero-sacral fold 



FIG. 117. Median Section through the Female Pelvis to show the disposition 

 of the Peritoneum. (Dixon and Birmingham.) 



urethra and bladder, in front, and the anal canal and rectum, 

 behind. Its upper half lies above the level of the muscular 

 floor of the pelvis, and is surrounded by the visceral pelvic fascia. 

 Its lower half is embraced by the levatores ani, and at a lower 

 level, by the bulbs of the vestibule (p. 397), and the bulbo- 

 cavernosus (sphincter vaginse) muscle. 



Superiorly, the vagina is attached around the cervix uteri, 

 which projects obliquely downwards and backwards into the 



