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Hysterectomy - series: Normal anatomy

Hysterectomy - seriesIllustrations:

Normal anatomy

Indications

Procedure

Aftercare

The uterus is joined at the cervix to the vagina and by the fallopian or uterine tubes to the ovaries.

Update Date: 8/31/2007

Updated by: Harvey Simon, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.

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