Archive image from page 1306 of Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy (1914). Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy cunninghamstextb00cunn Year: 1914 ( THE UEINAKY BLADDER 1273 rectum in the male, forming the recto-vesical or recto-genital pouch; in the female a slit-like peritoneal depression, called the utero-vesical pouch, intervenes between the anterior surface of the uterus and the bladder (Fig. 996). The inferior part of the bladder lies below the peritoneum, and is for the most' part directed towards the pelvic floor. In the median plane it is supported by the symphysis pubis and the retro-pub
Archive image from page 1306 of Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy (1914). Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy cunninghamstextb00cunn Year: 1914 ( THE UEINAKY BLADDER 1273 rectum in the male, forming the recto-vesical or recto-genital pouch; in the female a slit-like peritoneal depression, called the utero-vesical pouch, intervenes between the anterior surface of the uterus and the bladder (Fig. 996). The inferior part of the bladder lies below the peritoneum, and is for the most' part directed towards the pelvic floor. In the median plane it is supported by the symphysis pubis and the retro-pubic pad of fat; farther back in the male it rests upon the prostate and on the lower part of the rectum, from the latter of which it is separated by the vesicuke seminales and the terminal parts of the ductus deferentes. In the female it rests Urinary bladder- Reflection of peritoneum to anterior abdominal wall Recto-vesical pouch Terminal part of,„J ductus det'eren Prostate r- Ejaculatory duct Corpus urethra; J iS Corpus cavernosum peni Sphincter urethra? membranacese Anal canal Sphincter urethras membranaceae Bulb of urethra Bulbo-cavernosus muscle Fig. 990.—Median Section of the Pelvis ok an Adult Male Subject. The urinary bladder and rectum are both greatly distended. upon the anterior wall of the vagina. Laterally the bladder is supported by the levatores ani muscles, and farther from the median plane it rests on each side on the obturator internus; it is separated from the layer of the pelvic fascia covering these muscles by loose areolar tissue. The opening of the urethra, orificium urethrae internum or internal urethral orifice, is placed in, or near, the part of the bladder wall which lies lowest in the pelvic cavity. The term neck, or cervix, is often applied to this region, the
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