. A Complete practical work on the nature and treatment of venereal diseases, and other affections of the genito-urinary organs of the male and female ... rus or womb, is a firm vascular body of the size of a pear, and in shapenot unlike what you may conceive of a flattened pear. At its upper and lateral THK UTERUS. 57 parts it terminates in the Fallopian tubes : and the os tinea;, or lower part, projectsinto the vagina. We must, for the convenience of description, distinguish it intothese parts :—The upper p:irt is called fundus ; it is the part above the going offof the Fallopian tubes : the
. A Complete practical work on the nature and treatment of venereal diseases, and other affections of the genito-urinary organs of the male and female ... rus or womb, is a firm vascular body of the size of a pear, and in shapenot unlike what you may conceive of a flattened pear. At its upper and lateral THK UTERUS. 57 parts it terminates in the Fallopian tubes : and the os tinea;, or lower part, projectsinto the vagina. We must, for the convenience of description, distinguish it intothese parts :—The upper p:irt is called fundus ; it is the part above the going offof the Fallopian tubes : the body of the uterus, which is the larger part betwixtthe fundus and the narrow neck ; the cervix is the narrow neck ; and the os TINCJ3or orifice is the lower part, formed of bilging lips, wYieh projest into the vagina :over this part the inner membrane of the vagina is reflected. We distinguish alsothe two surfaces, for the womb is of a flattened form. The anterior surface ofthe body of the womb is convex, bat the posterior surface is considerably moreconvex than the anterior, and even during gestation it keeps this relative figure. 19 11 1 7 11. EXPLANATION OF PLATE. The Ureters, Fallopian tubes, the Ovaria, and a fart of the Vagina, of a Female of sixteen one side the tube and ovary is divided vertically ; the othzr side is untouched. The AnteriorPortion of the Uterus and P ugma have also been removed. 1. Fundus of the uterus. 2. Thickness of its parietes anteriorly. 3. External surface of theUterus: 4. Section of the neck of the uterus. 5. Section of the anterior lip. 6. Its posterior lipuntouched. 7. Cavity of the uterus. 8. Cavity of its neck. 9. Thickness of the walls of the Its cavity and posterior parietes. 11. Openings of fallopian tubes into the uterus. 12. Cavityofthelefc tube. 13. Its pavilion. 14. Corpus nmbriaturn. 15. Its union with the ovary. 16. Leftr uy vertically divided. 17. Vesicles in its tissue. IS. Ligament of the ovary. 19 Right f
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