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lower part of each duct, which runs medially from the side-wall 

 of the pelvis to the fundus of the bladder, are very different 

 in the two sexes, and in the female they are of great practical 

 importance in association with operations on the lower part 

 of the uterus and the upper part of the vagina. This portion 

 of the ureter in the female passes obliquely beneath the lower 

 border of the broad ligament and obliquely across the side 



Fundus of the uterus 



Isthmus of the uterine tube 



Uterine tube 



Ampulla of 

 uterine tube 



Fimbriated 

 end of 

 uterine tube 



B. Body of the uterus. 



C. Cervical canal. 

 'V. Vagina. 



H. Hymen. 

 U. Urethral opening. 

 V. Vestibule. 

 N. Nympha. 

 L.M. Labium majus. 

 P". Epo-ophoron. 



Pudendal cleft 



FIG. 250. Diagram of the Vulva, Vagina, and the Uterus, 

 with its Appendages. (Symington.) 



and front of the upper end of the vagina (Fig. 249), and it 

 enters the lateral angle of the bladder about two inches from 

 its fellow of the opposite side. Beneath the broad ligament, 

 and at the lateral border of the upper end of the vagina, the 

 uterine artery crosses above it, and, just before it enters the 

 bladder it lies immediately in front of the upper part of the 

 anterior vaginal wall (Fig. 249). When the bladder is dis- 

 tended and the vagina is narrow the lateral angle of the 



