Bassett Collection Large Image - Lane Medical Library, Stanford University Medical Center

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Dissection of female pelvis from a lateral approach

Interior of bladder, right anterolateral view

The bladder has been opened by a sagittal cut placed just lateral to the point of entrance of the right ureter into the bladder wall.

1 .	Uterine artery
2 .	Ureter
3 .	Parametrium
4 .	Fundus of urinary bladder
5 .	Uterine opening
6 .	Upper pointer: Interureteric fold Lower pointer: Trigone of urinary bladder
7 .	Rectum
8 .	Vagina (opened)
9 .	Internal urethral opening
10 .	Urethra (surrounded by vesical sphincter muscle)
11 .	Branch of obturator artery
12 .	Upper pointer: Vesical venous plexus Lower pointer: Dorsal vein of clitoris
13 .	Pubic symphysis
14 .	Retropubic space
15 .	Rectum (covered by peritoneum)
16 .	Ligamentum teres (of uterus) (cut across)
17 .	Fundus of uterus (depressed area close to pointer was occupied by small fibroma)
18 .	Ovary
19 .	Uterine tube
20 .	Proper ovarian ligament
21 .	Ligamentum teres (of uterus)
22 .	Uterovesical pouch
23 .	Apex of urinary bladder
24 .	Parietal peritoneum
25 .	Transversalis fascia