A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . Fig. 11.—The uterus and its appendages. (Keating and Coe.) The ovaries are the almond-shaped bodies lying between the uterus and the extremities of the Fallopian tubes. 32 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. necessity, a full rectum will force it forward and a distendedbladder will tilt it backward. Its upper, rounded border is calledthe fundus, and its lower, narrowed portion the cervix, while thatpart between the fundus and the cervix is termed the body ofthe uterus. The cervix projects into the vagina for a distanceof about half a
A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . Fig. 11.—The uterus and its appendages. (Keating and Coe.) The ovaries are the almond-shaped bodies lying between the uterus and the extremities of the Fallopian tubes. 32 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. necessity, a full rectum will force it forward and a distendedbladder will tilt it backward. Its upper, rounded border is calledthe fundus, and its lower, narrowed portion the cervix, while thatpart between the fundus and the cervix is termed the body ofthe uterus. The cervix projects into the vagina for a distanceof about half an inch, much as a cork projects into the neck ofa C Fig. 12.—The cavitj of the uterus. (Garrigues.) c, vagina; e, external os; d, internalos ; fy fundus, the letter being placed over the entrance of the Fallopian tube. The spaces between the sides of that part of the cervix whichextends into the vagina and the vaginal walls are termed for-nices (plural of fornix), and are divided into four parts. Theanterior fornix is between the anterior wall of the cervix and theanterior vaginal wall; the posterior fornix is between the pos-terior vaginal wall and the posterior wall of the cervix; thelateral fornices are the spaces between the cervix and the vaginalwalls on either side. The cavity of the uterus (Fig. 12) is lined with mucousmembrane, and is divided into two parts,—the cavity of the bodyand the cavity of the cervix. The cavity of the body is tri- THE FEMALE ORGANS OF GENERATION. 33 angular in shape, with its apex pointing downward, while thatof the cervix is spindle-shaped. There are three openings into the cavity of the uterus.
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