A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 10.—Female pelvis, showing the form and attachments of the levatores animuscles (Dickinson). to the obstetrician. For his purpose it suffices to remember thatthe arrangement of the pelvic connective tissue may be compared,roughly speaking, to a six-pointed star centering at the uterus,the three arms on each side being disposed as follows : A lateral. li^. ii. — Female pelvis, showing the Levatores ani muscles from before and below (I Dickinson |. arm running out from the uterus between the layers ol the broadligament and becoming continuous with the subperitonea


A textbook of obstetrics . Fig. 10.—Female pelvis, showing the form and attachments of the levatores animuscles (Dickinson). to the obstetrician. For his purpose it suffices to remember thatthe arrangement of the pelvic connective tissue may be compared,roughly speaking, to a six-pointed star centering at the uterus,the three arms on each side being disposed as follows : A lateral. li^. ii. — Female pelvis, showing the Levatores ani muscles from before and below (I Dickinson |. arm running out from the uterus between the layers ol the broadligament and becoming continuous with the subperitoneal connect-ive tissue of the lateral pelvic wall ; an anterior arm skirting thebladder; a posterior arm skirting the rectum and continuing in THE ANATOMY OF THE PELVIS. 29


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