The Position of the Uterus In the Pelvis, Diagrams to help you understand your pelvic exam

A physician performing a bimanual exam. in this case with one finger in the vagina, two is also normal. The vaginal finger is feeling the cervix, the abdominal finger is feeling the top of the uterus which is shown in cross section.

The position of the uterus in an cross sectional diagram of a woman. The uterus is located in the back wall of the vagina, its axis is approximately a 90 degree angle to the vagina it self. 

 

 

The uterus can be tipped forward on that axis: then it is called anteveerted, if it is tipped back it is called retroverted. 

 

 

 

Some women have the uterus both tipped back and folded back. Here the physician is reaching for the top of the uterus with the hand on the abdomen but a tipped back uterus is so far back it cannot be felt well. The vaginal hand can feel the bulge of the back of the uterus. This uterus that is bent back on it self is called retroflexed. Aetroverted uterus is often also retroflexed. An anterverted uterus is usually anteflexted as well.