Identifier: manualofpractica00davi (find matches)
Title: A manual of practical obstetrics
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Davis, Edward P. (Edward Parker), 1856-1937
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Publisher: Philadelphia, P. Blakiston
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

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ing at this imaginary line a broadlayer of peritoneum passes down over the anterior wall of thewomb to the level of a point midway between the internaland external os, when it turns up and is reflected over theposterior wall of the bladder: this is the anterior broad liga-ment. A similar fold passes down over the posterior wall ofthe womb, going low enough to cover the upper one-fifth of theposterior vaginal wall (as already explained), when it turnsup and is reflected over the anterior wall of the rectum: thisis the posterior broad ligament. Thus the uterus, with (andbetween) its two broad ligaments, forms a sort of transversepartition to the pelvic cavity; the bladder, urethra,etc.,beingin the front compartment, and the rectum in the back one. BROAD LIGAMENTS OF THE UTERUS. 00 The lateral borders of this double ligamentous curtain areattached to the sides of the pelvis, and hence these ligamentsare sometimes called right and left, instead of anteriorand posterior, as above. Fig. 10.
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Anterior view of internal generative organs, ligaments, etc. Part of thebroad ligament on the right side has been removed, and the anterior vag-inal wall slit up by a central incision. C. Cervix uteri. L. Broad liga-ment of left side. L. Broad ligament of right side. M. Utero-ovarianligament. 0. Left ovary. 0. Right ovary. P. Fimbriated end of Fal-lopian tube. R. Round ligament of left side. E. Round ligament ofright side. T. Left oviduct. T. Right oviduct pulled down to show ovary.U. Uterus. V. Vagina. V. Posterior column of vagina. 56 INTERNAL ORGANS OF GENERATION. Other Ligaments of the Uterus: First. The round ligaments, which are fihro-muscular cords,4£ inches long. They begin near the superior angles of thewomb, and pass between the two folds of the broad ligaments,successively outward, forward, and then inward, to the internalinguinal ring, and through the inguinal canal, their terminalfibres being lost in the mons veneris and labia majora. Second. The vesico-iderine ligaments

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