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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    body or corpus uteri and the neck or cervix uteri, the upper part of the former being termed the fundus. At the point of union of the corpus and cervix and on the posterior surface there is a slight constriction, which is called the isthmus, and indicates the site of the internal os uteri. It is flattened from before backwards, the anterior surface being only very slightly convex, the posterior markedly so both transversely and from above downwards (Figs. 4 and 5). The cavity of the uterus in a nulli- para presents a triangular appearance (Fig. 6), the sides of the triangle being convex inwards. This may be observed by making a coronal section by which the anterior and posterior halves are separated. The triangle will then be seen to have its apex downwards and corresponding to the opening of the uterine cavity into the cervix, while at the base, right and left, are the openings of the Fallopian tubes (3 and 3'). The whole of this cavity is lined by mucous membrane. The cavity alters in shape after Fig. 4. Vertical mesial section of virgin adult uterus. (Outline drawing from nature.) 1. Posterior convex wall. 2. Anterior somewhat flat- tened wall. 3. Supra-vaginal cervix (por- tion between dotted lines). 4. Vaginal portion of cervix (portio vaginalis). 5. Vagina, the walls drawn apart by tenacula. pregnancy has occurred, the triangle having its sides straighter, and the-contained space therefore larger, as is seen in Fig. 7. F .-I Transverse section through uterine fundus and immediately below the level of Fallopian tubes (in a virgin). (Outline drawing from nature.) 1. Convex posterior surface. 2. Slightly convex anterior surface. 3. Connective tissue and blood-vessels between the layers of the broad ligaments. 4. Peritoneum. The cavity of the cervix is fusiform in shape, with an upper opening communicating with the uterus and called the internal