A reference handbook of the medical sciences, embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . Fig. 648.—Sagittal Median Section through the Female Pelvis,About one-third natural size, (.\fter Heitzmann). vesicles. Together with the stomach it is the onlyorgan that is susceptible of considerable enlarge-ment within the bounds of health. It encroaches upon two large cavities, the pelvisand abdomen. When empty it is fiat against thepelvis. The difference of direction of the variousaxes is worthy of notice. The organ is as it weresuspended by its two extremitie
A reference handbook of the medical sciences, embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . Fig. 648.—Sagittal Median Section through the Female Pelvis,About one-third natural size, (.\fter Heitzmann). vesicles. Together with the stomach it is the onlyorgan that is susceptible of considerable enlarge-ment within the bounds of health. It encroaches upon two large cavities, the pelvisand abdomen. When empty it is fiat against thepelvis. The difference of direction of the variousaxes is worthy of notice. The organ is as it weresuspended by its two extremities, the neck and theurachus; but the neck is the less movable. Theurachus recalls the pyramidal process of the thyroid. A B Fio. 649.—Median Sagittal Section through the Pehis of a YoungMan. A, bladder empty; B, bladder full. (Heitzmann.) body. Upon examination the bladder will befound to be really fusiform, the two pointed extremi-ties corresponding to the apex or urachus and to theneck. The absence of peritoneum on the anterior surfacewhen the bladder is distended (see Fig. 649, B) is thereason why that surface is the spot chosen when it isdesired to penetrate into the Ijladder. The relation ofthe base with the rectum makes the exploration by REFERENCE HANDBOOK OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES Bladder, Extirpation of way of the rectum indispensable in many bladdertroubles. The presence of theuraehus is mode of attachment and the character ofthe neck are evidently intended to direct the actionof the fibers toward the orifice of the urethra. The presence of three muscular coats is noticeable;so also is the triple origin of the longitudinal fibers,recalling the similar arrangement
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