The principles and practice of obstetrics . ck, in the virgin female, is somewhat conicalor acuminated, tapering from above downward, andslightly flattened on the anterior and posterior sur-faces ; in women who have had children, the shape ismore like that of a flattened cylinder. It measures alsoabout one or one and a quarter inches in length. Itsextremity is elliptical, and about six lines in its trans-verse diameter, and four lines in the conjugate. Theorifice in the virgin is almost circular; but in womenwho have had children, it is elliptical, its extremitiesextending often toward the edg
The principles and practice of obstetrics . ck, in the virgin female, is somewhat conicalor acuminated, tapering from above downward, andslightly flattened on the anterior and posterior sur-faces ; in women who have had children, the shape ismore like that of a flattened cylinder. It measures alsoabout one or one and a quarter inches in length. Itsextremity is elliptical, and about six lines in its trans-verse diameter, and four lines in the conjugate. Theorifice in the virgin is almost circular; but in womenwho have had children, it is elliptical, its extremitiesextending often toward the edges of the cervix. Theanterior lip is the longer, but more narrow than theposterior, which is broader and shorter. The vaginais reflected on to the cervix about three lines from theedge of the anterior lip, and about six or eight linesfrom the edge of the posterior lip; this last apparently,therefore, projects more into this tube. A transverse incision from one side of the uterus tothe other, and extending from the fundus to the os, Pig. Transverse Section of tttk Virgin Uteris.— a. The Cavity of theBody. c. The Cavity of the Neck. it. The Orifices of the FallopianTubes, n. The Arbor Vitae. o. The Os Oteri Internum. «. The Su-perior Border of the Cavity of the Body. exhibits two cavities, communicating one with theother. The superior one is that of the body of the THE UTEEUS. 41 uterus, and is of a triangular form—two sides arelateral, and one superior and transverse. They are notperfectly straight, but in the unimpregnated conditioneach is convex internally, and measures about oneinch in length. Of the three angles, the inferior isat the superior extremity of the cervix; it is pervious,and forms the communication between the cavity ofthe body and that of the neck; it is called the osuteri internum; it is somewhat contracted, and, inthe living subject, very sensitive. The two supe-rior angles of the cavity of the uterus communicatewith the Fallopian tubes, with which th
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