. Woman : her sex and love life. MALE SEX ORGANS 35 the uterus is called the fundus; the external openingof the womb, situated in the center of the cervix, iscalled the mouth of the womb, or the os, or exter-nal OS. The uterus is situated in the center of the pelvis,between the bladder and the rectum. It is supportedby certain ligaments, thechief of which are thebroad ligaments; but, onaccount of general weak-ness, too hard physicallabor, or lifting heavyweights, the ligamentsmay stretch, and the uter-us may sink down low inthe vagina, and we thenhave the condition knownas prolapse of the womb
. Woman : her sex and love life. MALE SEX ORGANS 35 the uterus is called the fundus; the external openingof the womb, situated in the center of the cervix, iscalled the mouth of the womb, or the os, or exter-nal OS. The uterus is situated in the center of the pelvis,between the bladder and the rectum. It is supportedby certain ligaments, thechief of which are thebroad ligaments; but, onaccount of general weak-ness, too hard physicallabor, or lifting heavyweights, the ligamentsmay stretch, and the uter-us may sink down low inthe vagina, and we thenhave the condition knownas prolapse of the , the womb may turn forward, when we have a condition of the womb is bent (or flexed) forward on itself thecondition is called anteflexion. If the womb isturned backwards, the condition is called retrover-sion; if it is bent or flexed backward upon itselfthe condition is called retroflexion. An extreme de-gree of anteversion or anteflexion, or retroversion orretroflexion, may interfere with impregnation, as the. 1. Openings into the Fallo-pian Mouth of the Womb.
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