Archive image from page 1318 of Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy (1914). Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy cunninghamstextb00cunn Year: 1914 ( THE FEMALE UBETHEA. 1285 Structure.—The wall of the female urethra is thick and contains much fibrous tissue, which passes without any sharp line of demarkation into the surrounding mass of connective tissue. The tunica muscularis or muscular coat of the urethra is continuous above with that of the bladder, and is composed of layers of circularly and longitudi- nally disposed smooth muscle fibres arranged to form outer and inner strata. Within the mus
Archive image from page 1318 of Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy (1914). Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy cunninghamstextb00cunn Year: 1914 ( THE FEMALE UBETHEA. 1285 Structure.—The wall of the female urethra is thick and contains much fibrous tissue, which passes without any sharp line of demarkation into the surrounding mass of connective tissue. The tunica muscularis or muscular coat of the urethra is continuous above with that of the bladder, and is composed of layers of circularly and longitudi- nally disposed smooth muscle fibres arranged to form outer and inner strata. Within the muscular coat the wall of the urethra is very vascular, and the canal itself is lined by a pale mucous membrane which is thrown into longitudinally directed folds, one of which is the crista urethralis mentioned above. The epithelium of the canal, in its upper part, is of the transitional variety, like that of the bladder; in its lower part it becomes scaly. Numerous minute glands, the glandulae urethrales, and pit-like depressions Ileum Suspensory _|_ii| ligament Caecum - Vermiform. process Ovary - Tuba uterina - - Inf. epigastric ' ' Round ligament —- Fundus uteri ' Obliterated umbilical artery Urinary bladder Urethra - Labium minus— Labium majus - Ureter Nerve cords from hypo- gastric plexus Recto-uterine fold Utero-vesical pouch Recto-uteiine pouch Oriticium exter- num uteri Fig. 1002.—Median Section through the Female Pelvis. Drawn for the most part from a model of a dissection by Professor Edward H. Taylor. (lacunae urethrales) open into the urethral canal. One group of these glands on each side possesses a minute common duct known as the ductus paraurethralis, which opens into the rima pudendi or urino-genital cleft by the side of the urethral orifice. It is believed that these latter glands represent the prostatic glands of the male subject. The vascular layer which lies between the muscular coat and the mucous membrane contains elastic fibres, and in appearance
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