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  2. Vaginal support structures - Wikipedia

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    These bones are the pubis, ilium and ischium. The interior surface of these pelvic bones and their projections and contours are used as attachment sites for the fascia, muscles, tendons and ligaments that support the vagina. These bones are then fuse and attach to the sacrum behind the vagina and anteriorly at the pubic symphysis. [3]

  3. Round ligament of uterus - Wikipedia

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    The round ligament of the uterus is a ligament that connects the uterus to the labia majora. It originates at the junction of the uterus and uterine tube. It passes through the inguinal canal to insert at the labium majus. The two round ligaments of uterus develop from the gubernaculum; they are the female homologue of the male gubernaculum ...

  4. Pelvic cavity - Wikipedia

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    The pelvic cavity is a body cavity that is bounded by the bones of the pelvis. Its oblique roof is the pelvic inlet (the superior opening of the pelvis). Its lower boundary is the pelvic floor. The pelvic cavity primarily contains the reproductive organs, urinary bladder, distal ureters, proximal urethra, terminal sigmoid colon, rectum, and ...

  5. File:Scheme female reproductive system-en.svg - Wikipedia

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    More realistic size. Add vulva, clitoris, muscles and bones, bulb of vestibule, parametrium-broad ligament, round ligament, suspensory ligament of ovary, blood vessels. Better draw (specially Fallopian tubes and vagina). Hemifrontal cross section. Add vulva label. Add transparency of left ovary and infundibulum of Fallopian tube (they are ...

  6. Broad ligament of the uterus - Wikipedia

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    The contents of the broad ligament include the following: [3] Reproductive uterine tubes (or fallopian tube) ovary (some sources consider the ovary to be on the broad ligament, but not in it.) [4] vessels ovarian artery (in the suspensory ligament) [5] uterine artery (in reality, travels in the cardinal ligament) ligaments ovarian ligament

  7. Mesovarium - Wikipedia

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    Anatomy photo:43:03-0402 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The Female Pelvis: The Broad ligament" Anatomy figure: 43:02-10 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Posterior view of the broad ligament of the uterus, on the left side." Anatomy image:9637 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center

  8. Female reproductive system - Wikipedia

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    The human female reproductive system is made up of the internal and external sex organs that function in the reproduction of new offspring. The reproductive system is immature at birth and develops at puberty to be able to release matured ova from the ovaries , facilitate their fertilization , and create a protective environment for the ...

  9. Suspensory ligament of ovary - Wikipedia

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    The suspensory ligament of the ovary, also infundibulopelvic ligament (commonly abbreviated IP ligament or simply IP), is a fold of peritoneum [1] that extends out from the ovary to the wall of the pelvis. Some sources consider it a part of the broad ligament of uterus [2] while other sources just consider it a "termination" of the ligament. [3]