The Ovary, one and a half*inches in length, by half
an inch in thickness, projects from the posterior surface
of the broad ligament. To understand its. position with
reference to the broad ligament, imagine that it had been
inserted from below upwards, between the layers of the
ligament, and, that on arriving near its upper border, it
had been pushed backwards in such a manner that its
surfaces were covered with the posterior layer of the peri-
toneum forming the ligament, and that these surfaces
were superior and inferior. The posterior border is,
therefore, free in the pelvic cavity, while the anterior is
attached to the subserous tissue of the broad ligament
and gives entrance to the blood vessels, nerves, etc., at the
hilum. The ovary is attached to the uterus by the utero-
ovarian ligament, while its outer end receives the fmbria
ovarica of the Fallopian tube. ‘


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The Fallopian Tube, about four and a half inches
in length, is narrow where it is attached to the uterus, but
trumpet-shaped, externally, and surrounded, at this end,
by fringes termed fimbrie. This fimbriated end has a
diameter of about one-third of an inch, and the opening in
its middle is termed the ostiwm abdominale and is about
one-twentieth of an inch in diameter. The Fallopian tube
has four coats—serous, cellular, muscular (circular and
longitudinal), and mucous, the latter being plicated and
covered with ciliated epithelium, the motion of which is
directed towards the uterus.
