A textbook of obstetrics . ; f, deepestlayer of mucosa, containing fundi of glands ; h, strands of non-striped muscle pene-trating within the mucosa (Piersol). the latter is attached to the vaginal walls and extends a shortdistance above their attachments. The anatomist commonlyspeaks of the supravaginal portion as being entirely above thevaginal attachments and extending to the isthmus. This view,however, is erroneous, as it assumes that the lower uterine seg-ment is a part of the cervix. It is usual to describe an anterior, shorter lip of the cervix anda longer posterior one. This descriptio
A textbook of obstetrics . ; f, deepestlayer of mucosa, containing fundi of glands ; h, strands of non-striped muscle pene-trating within the mucosa (Piersol). the latter is attached to the vaginal walls and extends a shortdistance above their attachments. The anatomist commonlyspeaks of the supravaginal portion as being entirely above thevaginal attachments and extending to the isthmus. This view,however, is erroneous, as it assumes that the lower uterine seg-ment is a part of the cervix. It is usual to describe an anterior, shorter lip of the cervix anda longer posterior one. This description is more accurate in theparous woman with a bilateral tear of the cervix. As may beseen in figure 38, the supravaginal portion of the cervix is longeranteriorly than posteriorly. The normal position of the uterus 48 PREGNANCY. is almost horizontal as the woman stands erect. It is slung-between the layers of the broad ligament, supported by lateral,anterior, and posterior musculofibrous bands and folds of peri- Portion _£. Fig. 38.—Diagram illustrating the relations of the uterus to the vagina, bladder,and peritoneum (Dickinson).
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