A system of gynecology . It gives off numerous horizontal branches, which runin spirals (hence their name, curling arteries of the uterus) and sup-ply the various segments of the organ, anastomosing with the corre-sponding branches of the opposite vessel. A branch of considerablesize opposite to the os internum unites with its fellow to form a ring 1 The lower limit is stated by some as within one-sixth of an inch from the osexternum. 2 Also Klein, op. at., p. 266. 3 In children, according to Lott (Zur Anal. n. Pints, der Cervix Uteri, p. 17), the epi-thelium in the upper half of the cervix is
A system of gynecology . It gives off numerous horizontal branches, which runin spirals (hence their name, curling arteries of the uterus) and sup-ply the various segments of the organ, anastomosing with the corre-sponding branches of the opposite vessel. A branch of considerablesize opposite to the os internum unites with its fellow to form a ring 1 The lower limit is stated by some as within one-sixth of an inch from the osexternum. 2 Also Klein, op. at., p. 266. 3 In children, according to Lott (Zur Anal. n. Pints, der Cervix Uteri, p. 17), the epi-thelium in the upper half of the cervix is not ciliated. * The gland-cells are probably ciliated in the newborn, but not after Bee Ru^e and Veit, Zur Pathologrie der Vm/ina!portion, Stuttgart, 1878. 144 THE ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE PELVIC ORGANS. around the cervix, known as the circular artery. This vessel is fre-quently found at a lower level. Other branches run over the fornixvaginae, anastomosing with offsets of the vaginal artery. The latter Fig. The Ovarian. Uterine, and Vaginal Arteries (Hyrtl) : a, ovarian artery; aand 6, branches totube; 6, branch to round ligament: c, uterine artery; c, branches to ovary; g, vaginalartery; h, azygos artery of vagina. vessel may arise directly from the uterine. Williams has called par-ticular attention to the fact that each horizontal segment of the uterushas to some extent an independent vascular supply, so that flexions of UTERIS. 145 the organ cannot result in any general obstruction to the fundus receive- additional branches from the ovarian uterus is completely surrounded by intricate venous plexuses Fig. 50.
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