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 out trumpet-like and is edged with fimbriæ as with a fringe, the fimbriated extremity. There are three coats: a serous coat which is continuous with the peritoneum, a muscular coat, and, within, a mucous coat covered with cilia, continuous with the mucous membrane of the uterus. One fimbria is attached to the ovary and as the ovum is given off it finds its way into the tube and thence to the uterus.

—Sagittal section of the female pelvis. (Dickinson.)

The uterus is a pear-shaped organ, about three inches long, two inches broad above, and one inch thick, situated in the pelvic cavity between the rectum and the bladder. The wide part or fundus is above and the narrow