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Practical human anatomy [electronic resource] : a working-guide for students of medicine and a ready-reference for surgeons and physicians . TRUNK. FIRST PERINEUM. Position of Body for Dissection.—Bring the subject to the end of thetable, with the lower extremities hanging over ; place a block under the pelvisand a second under the shoulders ; flex the thighs upon the abdomen and thelegs upon the thighs ; pass a rope under the table and over the separatedlimbs, taking a turn around one or both ; make the rope taut and tie it (Fig-ure 1, page 14). Pass a steel sound into the bla
Practical human anatomy [electronic resource] : a working-guide for students of medicine and a ready-reference for surgeons and physicians . TRUNK. FIRST PERINEUM. Position of Body for Dissection.—Bring the subject to the end of thetable, with the lower extremities hanging over ; place a block under the pelvisand a second under the shoulders ; flex the thighs upon the abdomen and thelegs upon the thighs ; pass a rope under the table and over the separatedlimbs, taking a turn around one or both ; make the rope taut and tie it (Fig-ure 1, page 14). Pass a steel sound into the bladder and tie the penis andscrotum to it. Surface Appearances.—The following points are recognizedby palpation : posteriorly, the coccyx on the median line;laterally, the tuberosities of the ischia, and extending anteri-orly therefrom the rami of the pubic arch ; posteriorly to thebis-ischiatic line the anus is located ; in the urethral region,on the median line, is a swell formed by the corpus spongi-osum of the penis ; the exterior of the os pubis lodges thecorresponding crus of the corpus cavernosum ; from the areaof the anterio
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