. The science and art of midwifery . rder. As they pass out-ward from the uterus they follow a somewhat sinuous course, and gradu-ally increase in width and thickness. The free extremity possesses anopening communicating with the abdominal cavity, the ostium abdomi-nale, which is large enough to admit a small goose-quill (2), whereasthe uterine opening does not exceed ^ of an inch in diameter. Henledesignated the inner, narrower half, which runs a comparatively straightcourse, the isthmus, and the outer, sinuous, dilated portion the ampullaof the tube. A number of ragged, fringe-like processes
. The science and art of midwifery . rder. As they pass out-ward from the uterus they follow a somewhat sinuous course, and gradu-ally increase in width and thickness. The free extremity possesses anopening communicating with the abdominal cavity, the ostium abdomi-nale, which is large enough to admit a small goose-quill (2), whereasthe uterine opening does not exceed ^ of an inch in diameter. Henledesignated the inner, narrower half, which runs a comparatively straightcourse, the isthmus, and the outer, sinuous, dilated portion the ampullaof the tube. A number of ragged, fringe-like processes surround theostium abdominale, whence the name fimbriated extremity of the fringes received likewise from the mediaeval anatomists the name * Op. nt., p. 47. f Lott, Zur Anatomic uiul Physiologie der Cervix Uteri, Erlangen, 1872, p. 17. % Lott, /. c, p. 20. 20 PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY. morsus diaboli, from a supposed resemblance to the root of the scabiosasuccissa, the peculiar appearance of which was ascribed by the Buper-. Fig. 13.—Posterior lateral view of the uterus (\ with portion of lig. latum (\ oviduct,and ovary. Orf, isthmus ; Od\ ampulla : J. infundibulum : .<(.. ostium abdominale ; ; 0. ovarium; lis. ovarii: ,Ug. infundibulo-ovaricum; , ; r, parovarium. (Henle.) Stitious to a bite the devil gave it in a fit of anger at its beneficentaction in the maladies that affect the human race.* One of the lim-
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