Table 1 Structures contained in each Mullerian subcompartment [1, 8]

Mullerian

Upper

• Fallopian tube except fimbriae

(Anlagen: paramesonephric-mesonephric Mullerian tubercle complex)

• Mesosalpingia

• Utero-ovarian vascular anastomoses

Middle

• Uterine corpus

• Peritoneal mesometria

 • ligamenta lata

 • Uterine artery and branches and periuterine venous plexus

Lower

• Uterine cervix

• Upper 2/3–3/4 of the vagina

• Subperitoneal mesometria

 • uterine and vaginal vascular pedicles

 • uterovaginal autonomic nerve branches

 • proximal part of utero-sacral ligaments

 • rectovaginal ligaments

 • rectovaginal septum