ABDOMEN AND PELVIS 



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Vagina. (Vide Figs. 290, 292, and Spalteholz, Figs. 664, 665.) 



Note the ]ength of its anterior and posterior walls. Palpate 

 the cervix uteri. How does it differ in the parous and nulli- 

 parous? What is the relation of its long axis to the pelvic brim? 



FIG. 293. 



Ampulla tubae uterinae 

 Iniundibulum tubae \ 



uterinae \ 

 Ostium abdominale \ 

 tubae uterinae \ ' , 



\ V 



Fimbriae tubae " * 



Fimbria ovarica 

 Mesosalpinx 

 / Epoophoron 



Ligamentum suspensorium ovarii 

 Inf undibulum tubae uterinae" - 



Ovarium dextrum 

 , Isthmus tubae uterinae (facies medialis) 



' Lig. ovarii Tuba uterina 



proprium (Falloppii) 



/ Lig. ovarii \ 



proprium., ' 



Appendix 

 vesicu- 

 IOSM [Morgagnii]' 



A. and v. ovarica' 

 LigMiiii-iituin suspen-' / 

 sorium ovarii / 



f Extremitas/' ^| 

 tubaria / /'' 

 Mesovarium / , v 

 Ovarium \ Facies medialis / 

 simstrum Margo liber / 



Liga men turn f 

 latum uteri 



Extremitas uterina ovarii 



Ureter 



Ureter 

 M. recto-uterinus 



Uterus ( facies intestinalis) 



! Excavatlo recto-uterina [cavum Douglasi] 



Plica recto-uterina [Douglasi] 



Uterus, Fallopian tubes, and ovaries, viewed from behind. (On the right the parts have been left 

 in their natural position, on the left the ligamentum latum has been unfolded.) (After Spalteholz, 

 Hand Atlas of Hum. Anat., Leipzig, 1903, vol. iii. p. 59G, Fig 662.) 



Determine its relations to the bladder and rectum. Pass a probe 

 through the ureter from the pelvis and determine the relations 

 of the ureter to the vaginal wall. What is the relation of the 

 urethra f Study 



(a) Fornix of vagina (fornix vaginae). 



(b) Anterior wall (paries anterior). 



(c) Posterior wall (paries posterior). 



(d) Hymen (hymen [femininus]). 



(e) Hymeneal caruncles (carunculae hymenales). 



A re the latter present ? If so, what is their significance ? 

 (/) Muscular coat (tunica muscularis). 

 (g) Mucous coat (tunica mucosa). 



(ga) Vaginal lymph-nodules (noduli liiin }ilniliri r<t</inales). 



(gb) Rugae (rugae vaginales). 



(gc) Columns <;!' the rugae (columnae rugarum). 



(f/rd) Posterior (columna rugarum posterior). 

 (//</>) Anterior (mlnmna rugarum anterior}, 

 (gcc) Carina urethralis [vaginae]. 



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