Manual of gynecology . , with cavity exposed bycoronal section, e, os externum; d, os internum; /, uterine opening of Fallopian tube. (Vj) On external examination we find the parts known as the body (Fig. 13,A, c) and neck (Fig. 13, A, a, b). Keeping in mind the description of a 14 MANUAL OF GYNECOLOGY. triangle, we see the neck occupying the apex and the uterine orifices ofthe Fallopian tubes at the two other angles. Between the Fallopiantubes lies the fundus uteri. The anterior surface of the uterus is almoststraight; the posterior, convex at its upper part, as is well seen in Fig. 13,B. Whe
Manual of gynecology . , with cavity exposed bycoronal section, e, os externum; d, os internum; /, uterine opening of Fallopian tube. (Vj) On external examination we find the parts known as the body (Fig. 13,A, c) and neck (Fig. 13, A, a, b). Keeping in mind the description of a 14 MANUAL OF GYNECOLOGY. triangle, we see the neck occupying the apex and the uterine orifices ofthe Fallopian tubes at the two other angles. Between the Fallopiantubes lies the fundus uteri. The anterior surface of the uterus is almoststraight; the posterior, convex at its upper part, as is well seen in Fig. 13,B. Where the body passes into the cervix there is a slight depressionnoticed on the posterior surface. This corresponds to the isthmus. On making a vertical mesial section, we observe that the uterus is ahollow organ possessing a cavity with the anterior and posterior walls inapposition (Fig. 13, B). In order to see the cavity it is advisable to lookat the uterus in coronal section, , a section which, passing through the.
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