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but gradually approaches this plane as the pelvis is reached. The 

 ligaments are broadest about the junction of the uterine cornua and 

 body, narrowing from this point in both directions, but most markedly 

 towards the caudal end. Thev contain a considerable amount of non- 



Aorta. 

 Right crus of diaphragm. > T;, 



Right adrenal. ^ ,,vm 

 A. ovarica dextra. ^ \ ■^X 

 M. psoas minor. \ 

 Right kidney. , \ \ ^^ ' 



Right ureter, 

 M. psoas major. 



Last thoracic nerve, 



Oesophageal hiatus of diaphragm. 

 A. cceliaca. 



Left crus of diaphragm. 

 M. psoas minor. 

 / A. mesenterica cranialis. 

 Left adrenal. 



M. psoas major. 

 Left kidney. 



Last rib. 



N. iliohypogastricus. 

 V. ovarica dextra. ' 

 N. cutaneus femoris lateralis. ^ 

 A. circumflexa ilium profunda 



Vena cava caudalis. 

 N. spermaticus externus 



A. uterina media. ' I 



A. uterina cranialis 

 Ramus ovaricus of a. ovarica. / 



-, V. ovarica sinistra. 



A. ovarica sinistra. 

 - A. mesenterica caudalis. 

 ~A. colica sinistra. 

 Left ovary. 



''^.- A. hsemorrhoidalis cranialis. 



Right ovary. 

 Fimbriae tubae uterinae. 

 ^ Right uterine tube. 



Small colon. 



• Right cornu of uterus. 

 Fig. 6L— The abdominal urinary and reproductive organs of the female. 



striated muscular tissue, continuous with the musculature of the uterus, 

 and form a means whereby vessels and nerves reach the uterus, uterine 

 tubes and ovaries. 



The broad ligaments assist in bounding a peritoneal pouch, the 

 recto-uterine excavation (excavatio rectouterina), containing the 

 termination of the small colon and the commencement of the rectum. 



