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layers of the uro-genital diaphragm, but it is pierced by three 

 instead of two canals, the urethra and the anal passage, as in 

 the male, and between them the vagina. In this way the floor 

 of the pelvis, in the female, is rendered relatively weak and less 



Inferior mesenteric 

 artery 



3 elvic colon 



Hypogastric 

 artery 



External iliac 

 artery 



Uteri 



Visceral pelvic fascia 



Levator ani 

 Vagina 

 Urethra 



Labium minus 



Tubercle of Vagina 



FIG. 249. Dissection of the Pelvis of a multiparous female, showing the 

 relations of the Bladder to the Uterus and Vagina, the relations of the 

 Vagina to the Urethra and Broad Ligaments, and the relations of the 

 Ureters to the Broad Ligaments and Vagina. 



capable of resisting strain, whilst at the same time it is adapted 

 to the function of child-bearing, for it is cleft by the vaginal 

 canal into two segments, an anterior, including the anterior 

 vaginal wall and all the parts in front of it, and a posterior, 

 formed by the posterior vaginal wall and the parts behind it. 



