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Title: A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Playfair, W. S. (William Smoult), 1836-1903 Harris, Robert P., ed
Subjects: Obstetrics
Publisher: Philadelphia, H. C. Lea
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, and proceeds transverselyoutwards, to become attached to the sacro-iliac synchondrosis. Acontinuous muscular envelope is thus formed, which surrounds thewhole of the uterus, Fallopian tubes, and ovaries. Its function isnot yet thoroughly established. It is supposed to have the effect ofretracting the stretched folds of peritoneum after delivery, and moreespecially of bringing the entire generative organs into harmoniousaction during menstruation and the sexual orgasm; in this wayexplaining, as we shall subsequently see, the mechanism by whichthe fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube grasps the ovary priorto the rupture of a Graafian follicle. Round Ligaments.—The round ligaments are essentially muscularin structure. They extend from the upper border of the uterus, 1 Bankes, On the Wolffian Bodies. 62 ORGANS CONCERNED IN PARTURITION. with the fibres of which their muscular fibres are continuous, trans-versely and then obliquely downwards, until they reach the inguinal Fig. 29.
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Posterior View of Muscular and Vascular Arrangements. (After Rouget.)Vessels.—1, 2, 3. Vaginal, cervical, and uterine plexuses. 4. Arteries of body of uterus. 5.Arteries suppying ovary. Muscular fasciculi.—6,7. Fibres attached to vagina, symphysis pubis,aud sacro-iliac joint. 8. Muscular fasciculi from uterus aud broad ligaments. 9,10,11,12. Fasciculiattached to ovary and Fallopian tubes. rings, where they blend with the cellular tissue. In the first part oftheir course the muscular fibres are solely of the unstriped variety,but soon they receive striped fibres from the transversalis muscles,and the columns of the inguinal ring, which surround and cover theunstriped muscular tissue. In addition to these structures they con-tain elastic and connective tissue, and arterial, venous, and nervousbranches; the former form the iliac or cremasteric arteries, the latterthe genito-crural nerve. According to Mr. Eainey the principalfunction of these ligaments is to draw the uterus towards th

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