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MALE EEPRODUCTIYE ORGANS. 



uith a sliglit longitudinal furrow ; it is about half an inch or 

 rather more from the pubic symphysis, and there, as well as at the 



Fig. 309. Fig. 309. — Traxsverse Section of the Pro- 



state Gland throcgu the Middle. (A.T.) 



■M, tlie iiretlira into Avhicli the eminence of the 

 caput gallinaginis rises from below ; g, the sinus or 

 utricle cut through ; d c, the ejaculatory ducts ; 

 m, superiorly, the deep sphincter muscular libves ; 

 m, lower down, intersecting muscular bands in 

 the lateral lobes of the prostate ; j5, p, glandular 

 substance. 



sides, the gland is connected to the pubic 

 arch by the reflexion of the pelvic 

 fascia, wliich forms the pubo-prostatic ligmnmts or anterior ligaments of 

 the bladder. The posterior or rectal surface is smooth, and is marked 

 by a slight depression, or by two grooves, which meet in front, and 

 correspond with the course of the seminal ducts, as well as mark the 

 limits of the lateral lobes in this situation : it is in close apposition 



Fi- 310. 



Fig 310. 



-Longitudinal Median Section of the lower part of the 

 AND Prostate Gland (after E. H. Weber). 



V, inner surface of the urinary bladder ; u r, opening of the right ureter, from which 

 a slight elevation runs down to the neck of the bladder ; p, fore part of the prostate ; p', 

 the so-called middle lobe ; p" , the right lateral lobj ; u, the utricle ; d, the right 

 ejaculatory duct ; v d, vas deferens ; v s, vesicula semiualis. 



with the rectum, immediately in front of the bend from the middle to 

 the lower or anal part of that viscus, where the surface and posterior 

 border of the gland can be felt by the finger introduced into the intes- 

 tine. The sides are convex and prominent, and are covered by the 

 anterior portions of the levatores ani muscles, which pass back on each 



