Anatomy and Cell Biology 3319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Spiral Artery, Pelvic Examination, Endometrium
23 Jun 2016
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If fertilization occurs, zygote will get implanted in the uterus. View of the pelvic cavity of the female if you"re doing a dissection. All these strucs are covered by a layer of peritoneum, so most of these strucs are. #5 points to the uterus with uterine tubes coming out of it, assoc"d with ovaries. Suspensory ligament attaches ovaries to the lateral abdominal wall, covered by peritoneum. If you have an infection, the pus will tend to accumulate here. Urogenital diaphragm is where the urethra and vagina will travel through. We can see that the uterus is bowing forward relative to vagina, aka anteverted (cervic angles. If you take a midsagittal (bottom right diagram): the red defines pouches. There is the rectouterine pouch which is b/w the rectum and uterus. Very close to the vagina which becomes clinically important. Post fornix is around the cervix, and when people used to do illegal abortions with a coathanger.
