Essentials of gynecology : arranged in the form of questions and answers prepared especially for students of medicine.

  • Cragin, Edwin B.
Date:
1913
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    2t) ESSEXTLAJ>S «JF GYN-EC«JLOGY. Vestibule. Describe. The vestibule is the remains of the uro-geiiital siuus. It is the ^lioe seen on separating the labia niiuoiu. In fix»nt of it lies the ditoTis, behind is the fonrehette. and on either side is a labium minus. Some authors unwisely lestrict the term which should describe a space to the triangular surface of mucosa anterior to the vagina and between the labia, the area in the center of which is the urethral orifice. Beneath its mucous membrane he venous plexuses. the bulbs of the vagina, and the pars intermedia. The vestibular mucosa differs from the labia and mous veneris in having no seba- ceous glaii - The urethra, vagina, and ducts of Bartholin open into itw romxhette. Describe, Tiir : I- :iette3 or jjos^terior eommisgare, is a mere fold of skin f.::_T .Tidion of the labia majoia at the anterior edge of Tossa Navicularis. Describe. The fossa navicularis i- :--i _-i cavity which is formed !,_-—^en the lower p vt: :. : :j-t .„v:i and the inner aspect of :iir ijurehette, when i.^ . ::-: > ^ i. i down with the finger, or the labia are separated. ^Vlii!2 the parts are at rest, no such hoUow exists. Bulbs of the Vestibule. Describe them. T T libs of the vestibule are two oval masses of erectile tissue ^::; :t :<n either ade of the ostiimi va^nae and base of the vesti- ;/r -teriorty, they he in contact with the anterior layer of the :. L^ 1. : \:^ lament; they are jiartially covered in fixjnt by the bulbo- 3. t::. -- — > -: they extend as high as the meatus urinarius, and iir : :^_r i«ra i'T the pais intermedia with the cavernous tissue of rh- :_:: lis. Their aae varies greatly firjm. that of a bean, as given by H: r _ E Afar, to a mass an inch and a half long.