PELVIS 



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converts it into a canal for the escape of the obturator vessels 

 and nerve. At this point it is continuous, over the upper 

 border of the obturator internus muscle, with the parietal 

 pelvic fascia. 



THE FEMALE PELVIS. 



The contents of the female pelvis are the following : 



C The pelvic colon and rectum. 1 



I The bladder and urethra. 1 

 J The uterus and vagina. 1 

 1 The ...._.._. ( Uterine tubes. 



Viscera. 



uterine 



Ovaries, etc. 



1 -V V_7 V CH1V-O. Wl\* 



( appendages. |^ Round ligamen t s . - 



Utero-sacral fold 



Posterior vaginal fornix 



'Anterior vaginal fornix 



Retro-pubic 

 pad of fat 



FIG. 244. Medial section through Female Pelvis. 



Blood-vessels. 



Nerves, 



f The hypogastric vessels and their branches. 



I The superior heemorrhoidal vessels. 



\ The ovarian vessels. 



V Certain venous plexuses in relation with the viscera. 



The obturator nerves. 



The pelvic plexuses of the sympathetic and their 

 offsets. 



Peritoneum. 



1 Strictly speaking, the bladder and urethra, the vagina and the lower 

 part of the rectum, lie in the visceral layer of the pelvic fascia. 



