The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . Entrant*of the left ureter. &Canal of the urethra,converted into a merefissure by the contrac-tion of its walls. urinarius. , with its praepu-tiuin, divided throughthe middle. 9. Leftnympha. 10. Left la-bium majus. 11. Meat*us of the vagina, nar-rowed by the contrac-tion of its 22. Canal of the va-gina, upon which the transverse rug® are apparent. 13. The thick wall of the vagina and rectum. 15. The perineum. 16. Os uteri. 17- Its cervix. fundus ; the cnvitas uteri i
The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . Entrant*of the left ureter. &Canal of the urethra,converted into a merefissure by the contrac-tion of its walls. urinarius. , with its praepu-tiuin, divided throughthe middle. 9. Leftnympha. 10. Left la-bium majus. 11. Meat*us of the vagina, nar-rowed by the contrac-tion of its 22. Canal of the va-gina, upon which the transverse rug® are apparent. 13. The thick wall of the vagina and rectum. 15. The perineum. 16. Os uteri. 17- Its cervix. fundus ; the cnvitas uteri is Been along its centre. 19. Rectum, showing the diepoeition of its mucous membrane. 20. Anus. 21. Upper part of the rectum, invested bythe peritoneum. 23. Utero-vesical fold of peritoneum ; the recto-uterine fold is seen be-tween the rectum and the posterior wall of the vagina. 24. The reflexion of the peritoneum, from the apex of the bladder upon the urachus to the internal surface of thtabdominal parieties. 25. Last lumbar vertebra. 26. Sacrum. 27. VISCERA OF THE FEMALE PELVIS. The vagina is a membranous canal leading from the vulva to theuterus; its structure is composed of mucous, erectile, and contractilefibrous tissues. The mucous membrane is marked by a number oftransverse papillae, or ruga, and is covered by a thin cuticular epithe-lium, which is continued from the labia to the middle of the cervixuteri. The uterus is a. flattened, pear-shaped organ, occupying the upperput of the pelvic cavity between the bladder and rectum, lis fundusand body are enclosed in f duplicature of peritoneum, which forms atransverse septum between the bladder and rectum, the folds of which,ou either side of tbe uterus, are its broad ligaments. Its lower poruun fa th« nervix: around the cir/jmference the upper end of -h« SPLANCHNOLOGY. 23> agina is attached; its opening into the vagina is the os uteri, It*structure consists of an external serous coat, derived from the perito-n
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