The ovaries

Location

• Ovarian fossa , a recess close to the lateral wall of the pelvis minor.
  
  
• The ovarian fossa is bounded:
  
  Anterioly by the medial umbilical ligament or umbilical artery
  Posteriorly by the ureter and internal iliac artery

Attachments

• By ovarian fimbria of the fallopian tubes
• To the broad ligament by the meso varium
• To the pelvic brim by suspensory ligament of the ovary

Peritoneal relations

• The surface of the ovary is not covered by peritoneum. Hence during ovulation the oocytes are expelled into the peritoneal cavity.

• The ovarian artery from the abdominal aorta at the level of L2.
• It anastomoses with the uterine artery.
• The veins form a pampiniform plexus which drains into the ovarian vein and communicates with the uterine plexus.
• Uterine artery
• Rectal artery
• The vaginal plexus drains into the internal iliac veins

Lymphatics

• The vessels ascend with the ovarian veins to the lumbar lymph nodes

Innervation

• Autonomic
• Sympathetic from T10- T12
• Parasympathetic- vagus
• Affarent fbres travel with the sympathetic to T10