Diseases of women : a textbook for students and practitioners / by J.C. Webster.

  • Webster, John Clarence, 1863-1950.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Diseases of women : a textbook for students and practitioners / by J.C. Webster. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STRUCTURE. fimbrire. IJallantyne and Williams divide these into the major (musculo-mucous) and minor (mucous). The former number from three to five, the latter being placed between them. One of the former runs from the lower part of the tube along the free border of the broad ligament towards the Fig. 8.—Section through folds of tubal mucosa. ovary, to which it may or may not be attached. It is knowk as the ovarian fimbria, and is generally grooved on its mucous surface by a longitudinal furrow. Structure.—It is usual to describe the tube as having a peritoneal, a muscular, and a mucous layer. I. Perito7ieal coverhig.—T\ivi covers the ampulla, save on the lower surface. It is in reality the junction of the anterior and posterior layers of the broad ligament, and is, for the most part, loosely connected with the muscular part of the tube. Close to the uterus it is more firmly attached. Between the two run vessels and nerves. (Remains of the primitive kidney are sometimes found here.) The large fimbrife are covered on their outer surface and on their outer ends with peritoneum, the minor fimbria; being usually entirely covered with mucous membrane. 2. Muscular portion.—T'^^x'i is composed of two layers of smooth muscular fibres, an outer longitudinal and an mner