A manual of obstetrics . tubes representing theupper ununited extremities of the ducts of Miiller. Each GENERATIVE ORGANS AND PARTURIENT CANAL. I9 tube extends outward from the upper angle or cornu of theuterus along the superior free margin of the broad tube is about 11^ cm. ( in.) long, and in itscourse curves around the ovary, so as to envelop that organto a certain extent. It has an internal opening into the ute-rine cavity, and an external ovarian or fimbriated extremity,the aperture of which is termed the ostium abdominalc. Thetube is lined with a ciliated cylindric e
A manual of obstetrics . tubes representing theupper ununited extremities of the ducts of Miiller. Each GENERATIVE ORGANS AND PARTURIENT CANAL. I9 tube extends outward from the upper angle or cornu of theuterus along the superior free margin of the broad tube is about 11^ cm. ( in.) long, and in itscourse curves around the ovary, so as to envelop that organto a certain extent. It has an internal opening into the ute-rine cavity, and an external ovarian or fimbriated extremity,the aperture of which is termed the ostium abdominalc. Thetube is lined with a ciliated cylindric epithelium which is anessential factor in the migration of the ovum after the constant wave-like motion of the cilii from withoutinward the ovum is carried on toward the uterine cavity. The uterus or womb (Fig. i, ?/) is a hollow muscularorgan occupying a position in about the center of the pelvisand embraced between the folds of the broad ligaments,which extend laterally to either pelvic wall. In the nullip-. FlG canal; r, rectum ; v, vagina ; c, clitoris ;rectum (Houston) ; S, symphysis pub Diagram of a supposed mesial section of the pelvis of a living woman: a, analb, bladder when collapsed ; 21, uterus ; d, valve ofrum ; C, coccyx. ._ ^_ 8 in.) long, 4 cm. (;6 in.) thick. Its weight isAnatomically considered, it maybe divided into two main portions, the body and the cervix.
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