A system of gynecology . latter become columnar at ashort distance from the free sur-face. Attention should be calledto the presence of collections oflymph-corpuscles within the mu-cous membrane, which give to itin some places almost the appear-ance of adenoid A separate description of theminute anatomy of the septum ishardly necessary. The intimaterelation between the walls of thetwo canals can be better appreciated by a study of the accompanyingfigure than by a detailed statement of the anatomy of the , towhich reference has already been made. The vesical opening of the urethr


A system of gynecology . latter become columnar at ashort distance from the free sur-face. Attention should be calledto the presence of collections oflymph-corpuscles within the mu-cous membrane, which give to itin some places almost the appear-ance of adenoid A separate description of theminute anatomy of the septum ishardly necessary. The intimaterelation between the walls of thetwo canals can be better appreciated by a study of the accompanyingfigure than by a detailed statement of the anatomy of the , towhich reference has already been made. The vesical opening of the urethra is situated about four-fifths of aninch below, or behind, the middle of the symphysis pubis and an inchami a quarter from the cervix uteri, and will be described in connectionwith the Madder. Henlc -fate- that a CTOS—ection .if the canal at thispoint presents the appearance of ;i transverse -lit, Simon and Winckelclaim that it is diagonal, Holden that the opening is infundibular,1 Satterthwaite, op. <-it., p. Horizontal Section of tin- Vesico-vaginaSeptum (Henle): a, vesical epithelium; «.submucosal c, layer of circular fibres: < of longitudinal Bbres; <. loose cellu-lar tissue; ./. layer of circular fibres; glongitudinal layer; //, submucosa; i, vagi-nal epithelium. 188 THE ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE PELVIC ORGANS. while Savage figures the same as triangular. The determination ofthis point in the living subject is obviously extremely difficult, if notimpossible, and is of no consequence from a practical standpoint. Thelongitudinal folds in the mucous membrane are especially marked atthis extremity of the Bladder. Synonyms.—Gr., xjotcz; Lai., vesica urinaria; Fr., vcssie; Ger.,Harnblase; It., vescica; tip., vejiga. Definition.—A hollow muscular organ, situated in the anteriorpart of the pelvis, between the symphysis pubis in front and thevagina and uterus behind. In the living subject the shape of the bladder is constantly changingas it is fill


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