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A system of gynecology . The Ovarian. Uterine, and Vaginal Arteries (Hyrtl) : a, ovarian artery; aand 6, branches totube; 6, branch to round ligament: c, uterine artery; c, branches to ovary; g, vaginalartery; h, azygos artery of vagina. vessel may arise directly from the uterine. Williams has called par-ticular attention to the fact that each horizontal segment of the uterushas to some extent an independent vascular supply, so that flexions of UTERIS. 145 the organ cannot result in any general obstruction to the fundus receive- additional branches from the ovarian
A system of gynecology . The Ovarian. Uterine, and Vaginal Arteries (Hyrtl) : a, ovarian artery; aand 6, branches totube; 6, branch to round ligament: c, uterine artery; c, branches to ovary; g, vaginalartery; h, azygos artery of vagina. vessel may arise directly from the uterine. Williams has called par-ticular attention to the fact that each horizontal segment of the uterushas to some extent an independent vascular supply, so that flexions of UTERIS. 145 the organ cannot result in any general obstruction to the fundus receive- additional branches from the ovarian uterus is completely surrounded by intricate venous plexuses Fig. The Nerves of the Uterus (Frankenhiiuser): .1, plexus uterinus magnus; />. plexus hypo-gastricus; 1, sacrum; 2, rectum; 3, bladder; i, uterus; 5, ovary; 6, fimbriated extremity of tube. (that lie beneath the peritoneum), which receive the blood from theveins and sinuses within the wall- of the organ. These plexuses com-municate freely with the vaginal and vesical plexuses lielow, and with thepampiniform above, and terminate directly in the internal iliac vein,indirectly in the ovarian. The utero-vaginal plexus, as figured bySavage, surrounds the lower part of the uterus and the vaginal ureters run directly through this ma<s of veins to reach the bladder. The lymphatics coming from the body of the uterus unite on 1.—10 146 THE ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE PELVIC ORGANS. side with those from the ovary and tube, and form a dense networkwithin the broad ligament around the pampiniform plexus, the efferentbranches of which ascend in company with the ovarian artery and
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