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THE GENITO-URINARY SYSTEM 



this situation the lateral surface of the ovary is related to the 

 obturator nerve, which runs forwards extra-peritoneally across 

 the floor of the fossa ovarica. Pelvic inflammation in this 

 region may result in pressure on the obturator nerve and re- 

 ferred pain may be experienced along the medial side of the 

 thigh (Fig. 7). 



The medial surface of the ovary is related to the uterine 

 (Fallopian) tube, which is attached by one of its fimbriae to 

 the upper ovarian pole. The lower pole of the ovary is 



FIG. 139. The Broad Ligaments of the Uterus, viewed from behind. 

 The uterus has been cut in a frontal (coronal) plane. (TURNER'S 

 Anatomy.) 



I. Body of uterus. 

 bl. Broad ligament. 

 c. Cervix uteri. 



f. Fundus uteri. 

 o. Ovary. 



ol. Ovarian ligament. 

 v. Vagina. 



/. Ep-oophoron. 

 r. Round ligament. 

 t. Uterine tube. 



attached to the upper lateral angle of the uterus by a fibro- 

 muscular band, which is termed the ligamentum ovarii proprium. 

 In pregnancy the ovary is carried upwards with the enlarging 

 uterus out of the pelvis into the abdominal cavity, but its 

 relation to the broad ligament does not undergo any important 

 alteration. On the other hand, when cysts develop in the 

 ovary, the organ ascends from the pelvis but it remains anchored 

 to the broad ligament by the mesovarium (p. 386), which 

 becomes somewhat elongated to form the pedicle of the cyst. 

 This pedicle contains the nerves, lymph and blood-vessels of 



