. The Principles and practice of gynecology : for students and practitioners. Figure 84.—Arbor vitae arrangement of cervical mucosa. Natural 85.—Arbor vita appearance of cervical mucosa. Magnified. corporeal mucosa, but the cervical mucosa, more dense than the cor-poreal, is bound less firmly to the muscularis by looser connectivetissue. METRITIS—INFLAMMATION OF THE UTERUS. 201 An important function of the cervix is that of u sphincter to sepa-rate the ^•ori)iis uteri from the vagina. The normal secretion of theuterine ijhuuls is alkaline, that of the corpus clear and waterv, thato
. The Principles and practice of gynecology : for students and practitioners. Figure 84.—Arbor vitae arrangement of cervical mucosa. Natural 85.—Arbor vita appearance of cervical mucosa. Magnified. corporeal mucosa, but the cervical mucosa, more dense than the cor-poreal, is bound less firmly to the muscularis by looser connectivetissue. METRITIS—INFLAMMATION OF THE UTERUS. 201 An important function of the cervix is that of u sphincter to sepa-rate the ^•ori)iis uteri from the vagina. The normal secretion of theuterine ijhuuls is alkaline, that of the corpus clear and waterv, thatof tiie cervix clear and viscid. A yellow secretion is evidence of dis-ease. The minute anatomy of the uterine mucosa will he describedin Chapter XX^I. on Chronic Endometritis. The essential function of the corporeal mucosa is the formation ofthe decidua and the nourishing of the embryo. The connective-tissuecells produce tiie cells of the decidua of preo;nan(;y ; this, with theprogress of uterogestation, matures, becomes over-rijie, degenerates,and, being of no fur
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