A textbook of obstetrics . ds are the uterine, obturator, hypogastric, lumbar,sacral, and inguinal. It is interesting to note that the lymphaticducts of the lower fourth of the vagina terminate in the inguinalglands. The enlargement, inflammation, and suppuration of theinguinal glands, therefore, indicate infection of the parturient outlet. The nerves of the generative organs are derived from thespinal and the sympathetic systems. The sexual processes,however, of ovulation and of menstruation and the action of theuterine muscle in labor are controlled by the sympathetic nerves,derived mainly f


A textbook of obstetrics . ds are the uterine, obturator, hypogastric, lumbar,sacral, and inguinal. It is interesting to note that the lymphaticducts of the lower fourth of the vagina terminate in the inguinalglands. The enlargement, inflammation, and suppuration of theinguinal glands, therefore, indicate infection of the parturient outlet. The nerves of the generative organs are derived from thespinal and the sympathetic systems. The sexual processes,however, of ovulation and of menstruation and the action of theuterine muscle in labor are controlled by the sympathetic nerves,derived mainly from the hypogastric and ovarian plexuses. Theclinical observation that paralysis of tin-spinal nerves supplyingthe pelvic organs sn nowise interferes with gestation and labor,and the- experiments on bitches of resetting the lumbar cord andseeing the animals exhibit rut, become gravid, and bear pups,show what a subordinate part the .spinal nerves play in the of the female. 7///<; ANATOMY OF THE PELVIS. 33. \^^^^^r^ Fig. 19.—The arteries of the uterus and ovaries : , Ovarian artery ; b, arteryof the round ligament; //, branch to the tube ; c, c, c, branches to the ovary;d, continuation of main trunk; e, branch to the cornu; , uterine artery; e, maintrunk; ft bifurcation ; g, vaginal branches; /i, vaginal branch from the cervicalartery (Ilyrtl).


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