
Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy
Dissection of female pelvis from a lateral approach
Blood vessels and nerves of uterus, vagina and bladder, anterior view
Image #163-1
KEYWORDS: Peripheral nervous system, Uterus, Vagina, Vasculature, Central nervous system, External genitalia, Muscles and tendons, Ovary.
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Dissection of female pelvis from a lateral approach
Blood vessels and nerves of uterus, vagina and bladder, anterior view
In this dissection the relations of blood vessels and nerves are shown as these approach the pelvic urogenital organs from the pelvic wall on the left side. The ureter (14) lies in situ. The left lateral umbilical ligament (20), representing the obliterated umbilical artery, has been dissected free of connective tissue. It is noteworthy that in this body there is no vesical artery branching from the proximal part of the umbilical artery. Instead, the left half of the bladder is supplied by two branches from the uterine artery and a small branch from the obturator artery.
- Middle sacral artery
- Sympathetic trunks
- Pelvic surface of sacrum
- Coccyx
- Uterine vein
- Uterine venous plexus
- Uterus
- Vesical venous plexus
- Vesical arteries
- Urinary bladder
- Umbilicovesical fascia
- Superior hypogastric plexus
- Common iliac artery
- Ureter
- Upper pointer: Ureteral branch of internal iliac artery Lower pointer: Internal iliac vein
- External iliac artery and vein
- Psoas major muscle
- Inferior gluteal artery
- Upper pointer: Vaginal artery Lower pointer: Uterine artery
- Lateral umbilical ligament
- Upper pointer: Tendinous arch of pelvic fascia Lower pointer: Superior fascia of pelvic diaphragm
- Obturator nerve
- Ligamentum teres (of uterus) (cut off)
- Inferior epigastric artery and vein (covered by transversalis fascia)