. An American text-book of obstetrics. For practitioners and students. Fig. 26—Sagittal section of vagina of a virgin, Fig. 27.—Sagittal section of vagina of a multipara,showing rugous condition of walls and enlarged one-half natural size (Hart), upper extremity (Hart). well as a vertical, and sometimes double, posterior column. Subsequent to thedilatation incident to parturition the vaginal rugae are much less conspicuous ANATOMY OF THE GENERATIVE ORGANS. 45 (Fig. 27), those on the posterior wall often almost entirely disappearing, leav-ing the somewhat poached surface relatively smooth; the
. An American text-book of obstetrics. For practitioners and students. Fig. 26—Sagittal section of vagina of a virgin, Fig. 27.—Sagittal section of vagina of a multipara,showing rugous condition of walls and enlarged one-half natural size (Hart), upper extremity (Hart). well as a vertical, and sometimes double, posterior column. Subsequent to thedilatation incident to parturition the vaginal rugae are much less conspicuous ANATOMY OF THE GENERATIVE ORGANS. 45 (Fig. 27), those on the posterior wall often almost entirely disappearing, leav-ing the somewhat poached surface relatively smooth; the folds of the anteriorwall are retained to a much greater extent. In structure the walls of the vagina consist of a mucous membrane, a mus-cular coat, and a fibrous tunic. The mucosa is covered by a thick stratified,squamous epithelium, and possesses numerous papillae. The rugae includewithin their structure not only the tissues of the mucosa, but also bundles ofinvoluntary muscle and large veins. True glands, if found at all, are repre-sented by a few sparingly
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