What are the uterus, Fallopian tubes and ovaries?
To explain where your uterus, Fallopian tubes and ovaries are and what they do, the best place to begin is the vagina. Your vagina is a tube about five inches long. It runs from just in front of your rectum up into your pelvis. It is just behind your bladder. You can feel your bladder in your lower abdomen when it is full of urine. At the top of your vagina is your uterus . It is about the size of your clenched fist. It is made of special thick muscle, but it is hollow inside with a special lining called the endometrium. The lowest part of your uterus, which juts into your vagina, is ‘the neck of the womb’, also called your cervix. Cervical smears are taken from the surface of your cervix. The rest of your uterus is called the body. It thins out at the top to form two hollow tubes called the Fallopian tubes. You have a Fallopian tube on each side. These run sideways to end near your left or right ovary. Your ovaries are slightly smaller than a golf ball. They lie deep in your pelvis ju
