. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. Fig. Fig. 4459.—Vagina ; View of the Anterior Wall after Removal of the Pos-terior : A. with the folds of the anterior columns diverging upward ;B, with the folds diverging downward. Ou. Urethral orifice ; Oue, ex-ternal os uteri ; *. section of the fornix vaginae ; **, caruncute myrti-formes. (After Henle.) near the columns, and gradually fade out above and to-ward the sides, where the mucous membrane becomessmooth. On the boundary the cones and folds bec
. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. Fig. Fig. 4459.—Vagina ; View of the Anterior Wall after Removal of the Pos-terior : A. with the folds of the anterior columns diverging upward ;B, with the folds diverging downward. Ou. Urethral orifice ; Oue, ex-ternal os uteri ; *. section of the fornix vaginae ; **, caruncute myrti-formes. (After Henle.) near the columns, and gradually fade out above and to-ward the sides, where the mucous membrane becomessmooth. On the boundary the cones and folds becomelower and farther apart, and finally disappear. There is, —Perpendicular Section of the Anterior Column of the Vagina after Re-moval of the Epithelium. (After Henle.) The inner surface of the vagina, as well as the structureof its walls, becomes simpler in its upper part. Whenemptied of blood the wall is 1 to 2 mm. (-2L5- to -fa- inch) inthickness. It is of uniform density. It cannot be sepa-rated into layers by the knife, but, by the eye, two stratavarying in color can be distinguished ; an inner, white(membrana media, Arnold), an
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