Cuapter I. 
ANATOMY. 
FEMALE ORGANS CONCERNED IN GENERATION AND 
PARTURITION : 
The Pelvis, Vulva, Clitoris, Vagina, Uterus, Fallopian 
Tubes, Ovaries and Mammae. 
The Pelvis. 
This cavity is formed of bony and ligamentous 
walls, and contains a portion of the genito-urinary 
apparatus, as well as the terminal portion of the 
alimentary canal. It is situated towards the end of 
the spine, and is supported by the hinder extremities, 
with which it is connected by joints and muscles. 
It is composed of three principal bones—the two 
ossa innominata, or coxae, and the sacrum, and to 
some extent of the coccygeal vertebrae, 
OS INNOMINATUM. 
The os znnominatum, or coxa, one on each side, 
is a flat bone, expanded at either extremity, some- 
what constricted in the middle, and curved in two 
different directions. At its middle it has a wide’ , 
and deep articular depression surrounded by a 
high rim,—the acetabulum or cotyloid cavity,—in 
which the articular head of the femur is lodged and 
moves. Above this cavity there is a roughened thin 
ridge, the supra-cotyloid crest or ischiatic spine, into 
