. A treatise on practical anatomy: for students of anatomy and surgery . n to be in con-tact, and it appears as a transverse slit. THE UTERUS. The uterus is the organ of gestation. It is a mus-cular organ, having thick walls and a small cavity. In the virgin, it ispear-shaped and setsin the upper portionof the vagina as a corkin the neck of a is slightly flattenedantero-posteriorly. Itsupper broad end pre-sents forward and up-ward; its lower endis directed downwardand backward, andforms an angle withthe vagina. It is oneinch thick, two inches broad, and three inches long. Itswalls ar
. A treatise on practical anatomy: for students of anatomy and surgery . n to be in con-tact, and it appears as a transverse slit. THE UTERUS. The uterus is the organ of gestation. It is a mus-cular organ, having thick walls and a small cavity. In the virgin, it ispear-shaped and setsin the upper portionof the vagina as a corkin the neck of a is slightly flattenedantero-posteriorly. Itsupper broad end pre-sents forward and up-ward; its lower endis directed downwardand backward, andforms an angle withthe vagina. It is oneinch thick, two inches broad, and three inches long. Itswalls are about half an inch thick, and it weighs aboutone and a half ounces. It is divided into a fundus, bodyand neck. The fundus is the upper portion of the is broad, convex, and covered by peritoneum. The body may be said to represent the frustum of acone, which begins at the fundus and narrows towardthe cervix. Anteriorly its upper part is covered by peri-toneum, which also covers the posterior surface of thebody. Laterally it affords attachment to the Fallopian. Fig. 174.—Internal Genital, Organs. U, \iterus (anterior surface); O O, ovaries ; P P, fim-briae ; C, intra-vagiual portion of cervix; K R, round liga-ments ; V V, vagina laid open; L L, broad ligaments;M, ovarian ligament; T T, Fallopian tubes. THE UTERUS. 407 tubes, ligaments of the ovaries, and tlie round vessels ascend at the sides of the body. The cervix, orneck, is the constricted portion around which is attachedthe vagina. The inferior extremity of the uteruspresents in the upper part of the vagina. At its centreis the OS uteri, which is the outlet of the uterine is a transverse opening, about the size of a flattenedstraw. The os is bounded by the anterior short and thicklip, and the posterior long and narrow lip. The uterus isheld in place by three pairs of ligaments, formed by theperitoneum: two anterior, the utero-vesical; two poste-
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