Identifier: diseasesofwoment00webs (find matches)
Title: Diseases of women; a text-book for students and practitioners
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Webster, John Clarence, 1863-1950
Subjects: Genital Diseases, Female
Publisher: Edinburgh, Pentland
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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s. Usuallythere is an ovarian (spermatic) ganglion on each side of theaorta, near its lower end. The ovarian plexus accompaniesthe artery, and gives branches to the ovary and tube, andcommunicates with the uterine nerves, a ganglion beingformed near the uterus. The Fallopian tubes are supplied by branches of theuterine plexus as well as by the ovarian. The vagina issupplied by the cervical and vesical ganglia and by branchesfrom the third and fourth sacral nerves. As regards the finer ramifications in the uterus andvagina, there is a dense network in the muscular part ofthe wall and in the mucosa, containing many ganglion cells.End organs are found close to the epithelial layer. THE NERVES. 57 The external genitals are supplied by sympathetic nervesrunning with the arteries, and by twigs of the genito-crural branch of the lumbar plexus, as well as by thosefrom the inferior pudendal and internal pudic branches ofthe sacral plexus. The clitoris is supplied by twigs fromthe latter nerve.
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Fig. 29,—Nerves of right side of uterus, bladder, vagina, and rectum.—From Frankexhauser. I. Cervical gan- 3. Second and third 5- Ureter. glion. sacral nerves. 6. Bladder. 2. Fourth sacral 4. J-Jypogastric 7- Uterus. nerve. plexus. 8. Rectum. THE BLADDER. The empty bladder normally lies below the level of thepelvic brim, behind the pubes. In this state, when relaxed, the upper surface is concave. 58 THE BLADDER. On vertical mesial section the slit of the cavity formswith the urethra a Y-shape, the anterior limb being longerthan the posterior. The bladder may now be described ashaving an upper surface; a?i anterior^ in relation to thepubes; and a posterior, in relation to the vagina. When empty and contracted, the bladder, on verticalmesial section, is oval in shape, its walls are thick, and itsmucosa wrinkled. The slit of the cavity is a single curvedone, its concavity looking forwards. When moderately filled, the bladder is rounded on verticalmesial section, its upper surface bei

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