Manual of gynecology / by D. Berry Hart and A.H. Freeland Barbour.

  • Hart, D. Berry (David Berry), 1851-1920.
Date:
1905
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Credit: Manual of gynecology / by D. Berry Hart and A.H. Freeland Barbour. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Structure of Uterus. Structure of the Uterus.—If the uterus be viewed in vertical mesial section, it will be seen to be made up of three distinct elements, viz., peritoneum, unstriped muscular fibre, and mucous membrane (fig. 11, B.). The peritoneum covers, partially, its external surface ; the mucous mem- brane lines the cavity of the body and cervix; while the muscular fibre, by far the largest constituent, forms the tissue lying between these. Gland cut Fig. 15. Mucous membrane of Uterus to show glands and interglandular tissue ; the mucous membrane is thicker here than normal. Periton- eum of Uterus. The Peritoneum, of the Uterus clothes its posterior surface (except the vaginal and middle portions of the cervix), but only dips down on the front surface as far as the isthmus, at which level it is reflected on to the bladder (fig. 11, B, a). At the sides of the uterus the peri- toneum on the anterior and posterior surfaces runs out to the wall of the pelvis, thus forming the important structures known as the broad ligaments.