. Fig. 194—Vaginal Ends of Cervices. Numerals indicate lips of original os uteri externum ; letters signify protrusion of the first annular folds in varying degrees. In /, 2, and cS', the fold does not protrude. externum finally form a pale-colored girdle about the base of the prolapsed portion of the cervical mucosa. Here, often one to several inches from the vaginal extremity of the cervical canal, the pavement epithelium of the vagina ends and the cervical epithelium with its intricate and ela- borate mucous glands succeeds. The secretions of the two areas are wholly unlike. The protruding
. Fig. 194—Vaginal Ends of Cervices. Numerals indicate lips of original os uteri externum ; letters signify protrusion of the first annular folds in varying degrees. In /, 2, and cS', the fold does not protrude. externum finally form a pale-colored girdle about the base of the prolapsed portion of the cervical mucosa. Here, often one to several inches from the vaginal extremity of the cervical canal, the pavement epithelium of the vagina ends and the cervical epithelium with its intricate and ela- borate mucous glands succeeds. The secretions of the two areas are wholly unlike. The protruding cervical mucosa, like that remaining within the cervical canal, takes the leading part in the elaboration of the thin mucus of estrum and, in pregnancy, of the uterine seal.
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