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Title: The anatomist's vade mecum : a system of human anatomy
Year: 1851 (1850s)
Authors: Wilson, Erasmus, Sir, 1809-1884
Subjects: Human anatomy Anatomy
Publisher: 14, 656 p. : ill.

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ina bene^h.The form of the female bladder corresponds with that of the pelvis,being broad from side to side, and often bulging more on oneside than on the other. This is particularly evident after frequentparturition. The coats of the bladder are the same as those of themale. The Urethra is about an inch and a half in length, and is lodgedin the upper and anterior wall of the vagina, in its course downwardsand forwards, beneath the arch of the os pubis, to the meatus urinarius.It is lined by mucous membrane, which is disposed in longitudinal FEMALE UJIETHEA. 619 folds, and is continuous internally with that of the bladder, and exter-nally with that of the vulva; the mucous membrane is surroimded bya proper coat of elastic tissue, to which the muscular fibres of the de-trusor urinse are attached. It is to the elastic tissue that is due theremarkable dilatability of the female urethra, and its speedy return toits original diameter. The meatus is encircled by a ring of fibrous Fig. 202.*
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* A side view of the viscera of the female pelvis. 1. The symphysis pubis;to the upper part of which the tendon of the rectus muscle is attached. 2. Theabdominal parietes. 3. The collection of fat, forming the prominence of themons Veneris. 4. The urinary bladder. 5. The entrance of the left ureter.6. The canal of the urethra, converted into a mere fissure by the contractionof its walls. 7. The meatus urinarius. 8. The clitoris, with its prseputium,divided through the middle. 9. The left nympha. 10. The left labium majus.) 1. The meatus of the vagina, narrowed by the contraction of its sphincter. 12, 22. The canal of the vagina, upon which the transverse rugae are apparent. 13. The thick wall of separation between the base of the bladder and thevagina. 14. The wall of separation between the vagina and rectum. 15.The perinseum. 16. The os uteri. 17. Its cervix. 18. The fundus uteri.The cavitas uteri is seen along the centre of the organ. 19. The rectum,showing the disposition of its mu

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