Outlines of the diseases of women / by John Phillips.

  • Phillips, John.
Date:
1897
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Credit: Outlines of the diseases of women / by John Phillips. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (B) The Pelvic Diaphragm or Floor, and its contents. The pelvic floor can be looked upon as formed of— (I.) An under convex surface, which consists of skin and the external genital organs already described above (the pudendum) and the anus. (II.) An upper somewhat concave surface, covered by perito- neum, which is thrown into various folds aiding in the formation of the suspensory uterine ligaments (vide p. 20). Fig. 3. w 2 The under surface of the pelvic floor (patient in dorsal decubitus) On right side (observer's) skin and labia are intact (dotted lines), left side, skin and superficial fascia removed. On e.c. Erector clitoridis muscle. b.c. Bulbo-cavernosus muscle. t.p. Transversus periuei muscle. L.a. Levator ani muscle. tS.a. Sphincter ani muscle. B.v. Bulbus vestibulus (right side). B.g. Bartholin's gland of right side. Or. c. u. I. 2. 9- 10. Tip of coccyx. Clitoris. Urethra. Labium majus. Labium minus. Perineal skin. Anus. (III.) The Contents, or the viscera and structures contained be- tween these two surfaces, which consist of : A superficial and deep musculature ; then commencing anteriorly and immediately behind the sym- physis pubis we have in order— The retro-pubic fat; The bladder and urethra, with the ureters ; The uterus, ovaries, and tubes, with