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Traced towards the uterus it is found to end blindly. 

 Laterally it may end in a similar manner, or it may pierce 

 the posterior layer of the broad ligament and end in a dilated 

 vesicle of piriform shape called the vesicular appendix or 

 Hydatid of Morgagni, This maybe attached to one of the 

 fimbriae of the uterine tube. 



The Rectum. A detailed account of the rectum in the 

 male is given on p. 582 ; the student should read that account 

 and then note the points of difference in the female. 



In the upper part of its extent the rectum of the female 

 is separated from the uterus and vagina by the recto-vaginal 

 excavation of peritoneum and the coils of intestine which it 



Uterine tube 



Meso- 

 varium 



Body of 

 uterus 



Anterior 



Fundus wall of 



; cavity 



pendii . . . r 



'esiculosi Morgagn 



Epoophoron 

 at. border of broad lig. _. 



Corpus luteuin \-<<^^ 



Ovary ^^7*i< 



Lig. of ovary , 



Lower border of broad lig. 



Suspensory 

 ,' of ovary 

 Infundibuluin 

 Meso-salpinx 



Mesovafium 



Os uteri externum 



FIG. 255. The Uterus, with the Broad Ligament stretching out from either 

 side of it. (From Gegenbaur. ) 



contains. Below the bottom of the pouch the rectum is in 

 apposition with the posterior wall of the vagina, the layer of 

 recto-vaginal fascia alone intervening. The connection be- 

 tween the rectal and vaginal walls is very loose above, but 

 is closer below. This arrangement has an important bearing 

 upon the manner in which prolapse of the uterus occurs. 



The Anal Canal. The anal canal bends downwards and 

 backwards from the rectum, commencing about one inch and 

 a half in front of the tip of the coccyx and terminating at 

 the anal orifice. An angular area is thus left between the 

 anterior wall of the canal and the back of the genito-urinary 

 cleft. This area is occupied by a pyramidal mass of firm 

 nbro-muscular tissue called the perineal body. 



