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MR. T. SNOW BECK ON THE NERVES OF THE UTERUS. 
PLATE XIV. 
A. The gravid uterus at the ninth month of pregnancy. 
B. The right Fallopian tube turned aside. 
C. The right ovary. 
D. The right kidney, which has been cut at the lower part to show the structures 
beneath. 
E. The right ureter. 
F. The bladder. 
G. The vagina. 
H. The rectum. 
I. A portion of the abdominal aorta. 
K. K. Two renal arteries. 
L. The renal vein. 
M. The spermatic artery. 
N. The continuation of the spermatic artery to the fundus of the uterus. 
O. The division of the spermatic artery which supplies the ovary. 
P. The superior hsemorrhoidal artery covered with fat. The nerves which accom- 
pany it are not dissected. 
R. R. Portions of the superficial layer of muscular fibres which have been dis- 
sected out by Dr. Robert Lee, and described by him as nervous ganglia and 
plexuses. These muscular fibres adhere to the under surface of the peritoneum. 
S. The edge of the divided peritoneum. 
1.1. Portions of the semilunar ganglion. 
2.2. Portions of the renal plexus. 
3. The aortic plexuses. 
4. The lateral hypogastric plexus. 
5. A continuation from the lateral hypogastric plexus, which is distributed to the 
superior part of the bladder. 
G.6.6.6. Continuations from the lateral hypogastric plexus distributed to the lower 
half of the uterus. 
7. A nervous branch which supplies the middle part of the uterus. It is inclosed 
in a tendinous canal, which extends to the bifurcation of the branch, and is appa- 
rently analogous to the branch described at 38. Plate XII. The difference which 
may at first appear to exist between these two branches passes away, when we re- 
member that the lateral hypogastric and inferior aortic plexuses are both emana- 
tions from the superior aortic plexus. 
8. A portion of the preceding branch, which has been divided in the dissection. 
It lies loose in the preparation. 
9. A branch which accompanies the spermatic artery, but which was divided in 
removing the preparation from the body. 
