. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology. Anatomy; Physiology; Zoology. UTERUS —(NORMAL ANATOMY). t>37 into convoluted branches; both open on the inner surface of the membrane by small round orifices, lined with epithelium, and set closely together. In man the form of the uterine follicles is by no means so definite as in the dog ; nor is it possible by any mode of dissection with which I am acquainted to isolate and display them separately.* They form in fact a sys- tem of tortuous canals ramifying in the sub- stance of the mucous membrane, in which they seem as it were to be excavated.
. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology. Anatomy; Physiology; Zoology. UTERUS —(NORMAL ANATOMY). t>37 into convoluted branches; both open on the inner surface of the membrane by small round orifices, lined with epithelium, and set closely together. In man the form of the uterine follicles is by no means so definite as in the dog ; nor is it possible by any mode of dissection with which I am acquainted to isolate and display them separately.* They form in fact a sys- tem of tortuous canals ramifying in the sub- stance of the mucous membrane, in which they seem as it were to be excavated. They are so closely set as apparently to possess no distinct boundary wall, but each canal is sepa- rated from those contiguous to it by a variable thickness of parenchyma, consisting chiefly of the elementary corpuscles and amorphous tis- sue just described, together with a certain ad- mixture of fibre-cells, usually found near the basal ends of the glands. No section that I have ever made has succeeded in exhibiting even a single gland divided longitudinally in such a way as to lay open the canal in its entire length, but every section made per- pendicular to the surface presents the same appearance of numerous close-set meandering canals laid open for short distances, and giving to the surfaces of the section an outline Fis. whether by any indirect communication with the uterine vessels, which many considerations both physiological and pathological seem to point out as at least possible. The difficulties attending this part ot the enquiry have been ably illustrated by Dr. Sharpey, and my own investigations fully confirm his statements upon this point. Nevertheless I have in many in- stances succeeded in distinctly observing the blind termination of these canals towards the muscular coat.* When sections of the mucous membrane are made parallel with, instead of perpendicular to, the surface, these canals are seen divided across. The appearance then presented is that o
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