A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery . he top of the vagina, from which pointsit is reflected upward on the bladderand rectum respectively. At the sidesthe peritoneal investment is not soextensive, for a little below the levelof the Fallopian tubes the peritonealfolds separate from each other, form-ing the broad ligaments (to be after-ward described); here it is that thevessels and nerves supplying theuterus gain access to it. At theupper part of the organ the peri-toneum is so closely adherent to the muscular tissue that it cannotbe separated from it; below, the connection is m
A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery . he top of the vagina, from which pointsit is reflected upward on the bladderand rectum respectively. At the sidesthe peritoneal investment is not soextensive, for a little below the levelof the Fallopian tubes the peritonealfolds separate from each other, form-ing the broad ligaments (to be after-ward described); here it is that thevessels and nerves supplying theuterus gain access to it. At theupper part of the organ the peri-toneum is so closely adherent to the muscular tissue that it cannotbe separated from it; below, the connection is more loose. The massof the uterine tissue, both in the body and cervix, consists of unstripedmuscular fibres, firmly united together by nucleated connective tissueand elastic fibres. The muscular fibre-cells are large and fusiform,with very attenuated extremities, generally containing in their centrea distinct nucleus. These cells, as well as their nuclei, become greatlyenlarged during pregnancy (Fig. 23); according to Strieker, this is only Fig. Muscular Fibres of Unimpregnated Uterus. (After Farre.) a. Fibres united by connective tissue. b. Separate fibres and elementary corpuscles.
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