A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 47.—111 development of right side of uterus ; congenital lateral Plications. Fig. 48.—Longitudinal section of Fallopian tube, exposing the complicated longitu-dinal plications of the mucosa which expand into the fimbriae (Sappey). THE FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. 53 of the uterus at the upper edge and between the layers ofthe broad ligament outward, upward, and at their outer extremi-ties downward and backward to the free surface of the canal of the tube begins in the uterine wall as a fineopening (ostium internum) ; it expands to about 2 mm. indiam
A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 47.—111 development of right side of uterus ; congenital lateral Plications. Fig. 48.—Longitudinal section of Fallopian tube, exposing the complicated longitu-dinal plications of the mucosa which expand into the fimbriae (Sappey). THE FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. 53 of the uterus at the upper edge and between the layers ofthe broad ligament outward, upward, and at their outer extremi-ties downward and backward to the free surface of the canal of the tube begins in the uterine wall as a fineopening (ostium internum) ; it expands to about 2 mm. indiameter, becomes wider as it runs outward, again contractswhen it passes the ovary, widens again to a distinct opening4 mm. in diameter (ostium abdominale) into the apex of thepavilion, or infundibulum, a funnel-shaped expansion at itsouter extremity surrounded by fringed processes,—the fimbriae.
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