A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery . ttle towards the right side, this probably depending onthe presence and frequent distension of the rectum in the left side ofthe pelvis. The anterior surface of the uterus is convex, and iscovered in three-fourths of its extent by the peritoneum, which isintimately adherent to it. Below the reflection of that membrane itis loosely connected by cellular tissue to the bladder, so that anydownward displacement of the uterus drags the bladder along with posterior surface is also convex, but more distinctly so than theanterior, as may be
A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery . ttle towards the right side, this probably depending onthe presence and frequent distension of the rectum in the left side ofthe pelvis. The anterior surface of the uterus is convex, and iscovered in three-fourths of its extent by the peritoneum, which isintimately adherent to it. Below the reflection of that membrane itis loosely connected by cellular tissue to the bladder, so that anydownward displacement of the uterus drags the bladder along with posterior surface is also convex, but more distinctly so than theanterior, as may be observed in looking at a transverse section ofthe organ (Fig. 17). It is also covered by peritoneum, the reflectionof which on the rectum forms the cavity known as Douglass fundus is the upper extremity of the uterus, lying above the THE FEMALE GENERATIVE ORGANS. 49 points of entry of the Fallopian tubes. It is only slightly roundedin the virgin, but b°comes more decidedly and permanently roundedin the woman who has borne children. Fig. 1. Transverse Section of Uterus. Dimensions.—Until the period of puberty the uterus remains smalland undeveloped (Fig. 18); after that time it reaches the adult size,at which it remains until menstruation ceases, when it again the woman has borne children, it always remains larger than inthe nullipara. In the virgin adult the uterus measures 2J inchesfrom the orifice to the fundus, rather more than half being taken up Fig. 18.
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