A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . a canalthrough which the child passes during labor. Various measurements or diameters are taken from ^tssurecertain parts of the pelvis to determine the capacityof this canal. It is important that every pregnantwoman should have her pelvis measured by thephysician whom she expects to have attend her inlabor, in order that it may be discovered whetherher pelvis is at all under size, so that special pre-cautions may be taken in time to prevent difficultyin the delivery. These measurements should betaken not later than the seve
A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . a canalthrough which the child passes during labor. Various measurements or diameters are taken from ^tssurecertain parts of the pelvis to determine the capacityof this canal. It is important that every pregnantwoman should have her pelvis measured by thephysician whom she expects to have attend her inlabor, in order that it may be discovered whetherher pelvis is at all under size, so that special pre-cautions may be taken in time to prevent difficultyin the delivery. These measurements should betaken not later than the seventh month of preg-nancy, as it may be desirable, for the sake of both 7 i8 OBSTETRICAL NURSING. Internal genital organs. External genital organs. mother and child, that the physician should inducepremature labor. The canal of the pelvis contains the internalorgans of generation, viz., the uterus, Fallopian tubes,and ovaries; and the bladder and rectum besides. The external organs are called the pudenda orvulva. Immediately above the pubic bone, or anterior Fig. Normal Pelvis. Monsveneris. Labiamajora. border of the pelvis, is a cushion of fat, usuallycovered with hair. This is called the monsveneris. On each side of the opening of the vulvaare the labia majora, or large lips. Lying be- THE PELVIS AND GENITAL ORGANS. 19 neath these and concealed by them, in youngwomen, are two thin folds of flesh, named the labiaminora or nymphae. They join together above, NymPhseand at their junction is a small projecting bodycalled the clitoris. The small triangular spaceclltorls-between the clitoris and the nymphae is the vesti-bule. The opening of the urethra (the meatus urina-J^Hsusrius), through which the urine escapes from thebladder, is in the middle of the lower border of thevestibule. It is very important that the nurseshould know the exact position of the meatusurinarius, as she will frequently be called upon topass the catheter. Below the vestibule is the orifice of the vagina, V
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