Page 361 - Critical Maternity & Newborn Health Nursing

c) Descent of the lower third with the underlying anal canals (rectocele)

3 – Vault prolapse: descent of the vaginal vault after hysterectomy

Fig., (50) Degrees of Vaginal prolapse adopted from

https://www.kentgynaecologists.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/prolapse-image.png

Factors that keep the uterus at its normal position:

1- Cervical ligaments

Fig., ( 51 ) Cervical ligaments adopted from

360 Table of Contents