ABSTRACT
A confluence of this connective tissue from the sidewall to the uterus is called the cardinal ligament ( Fig. 3 ). This is the strongest thickening of the pelvic fascia between the pelvic wall and the uterus. It emits the rectal pillar and the bladder pillar. Only the parametrium actually reaches the supravaginal part of the cervix and therefore the uterus. The paracolpium, the part of the uterovaginal pillar below the level of the ureter, reaches the vagina and the cervix at the level of the vaginal fornix.
