Pathology and treatment of diseases of women . \r> ?nn,;-ta.• mm Fig. 5.—Normal Vaginal Mucous Membrane. (Authors preparationZeiss, Obj. AA, Oc. 4.) and makes the introitus vaginae slippery. This gland has a pathologicsignificance as the seat of abscesses, cysts, malignant tumors, etc. The small labia, on the other hand, are covered with a mucous mem-brane, such as that which lines the entire vagina and the external sur- 10 DISEASES OF WOMEN face of the portio vaginalis. This mucous membrane consists of layersof squamous epithelium resting on a base of cylindrical epithelium, butwithou
Pathology and treatment of diseases of women . \r> ?nn,;-ta.• mm Fig. 5.—Normal Vaginal Mucous Membrane. (Authors preparationZeiss, Obj. AA, Oc. 4.) and makes the introitus vaginae slippery. This gland has a pathologicsignificance as the seat of abscesses, cysts, malignant tumors, etc. The small labia, on the other hand, are covered with a mucous mem-brane, such as that which lines the entire vagina and the external sur- 10 DISEASES OF WOMEN face of the portio vaginalis. This mucous membrane consists of layersof squamous epithelium resting on a base of cylindrical epithelium, butwithout stratum corneum and without glands (Fig. 5). Beneath thelayers of squamous epithelium is found the papillary body, and beneaththis a narrow connective-tissue submucosa which terminates in a mod-erately strong layer of smooth musculature. The papillary body and the. *>»ii»t»in**/^V Fig. 6.—Normal Cervical Mucous Membrane. (Authors , Obj. AA, Oc. 2.) submucosa are rich in elastic fibres (Fig. 5). Glands proper are notfound in the vagina. The so-called secretion of the vagina consists merely of old desqua-mated epithelium of the upper layer, mixed with the secretions of theupper genital tract, especially the cervix, and ex-hibits a white, granular substance, which is nor-mally of an acid reaction. The squamous epithelium of the vagina is sep-arated from the cylindrical epithelium of thecervical mucous membrane by a distinct mucous membrane of the cervical canal is distinctly folded(plicae palmatae) and provided with many glands of an acinous construc-tion. The surface layer of the mucous membrane, as well as the glandu-lar tubes, is formed of a single layer of very deep cylindrical epitheliumwith a nucleus at the base, but without cilia. This epithelium throwsoff an abundant mucous secretion of an alkaline rea
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