J025 HUMAN ANATOMY. 



, ltlvt , v ,^e and supplies the interment of the glans and prepuce 

 with ; :,.Kx-ted with special suw.ry end-organ 



THE GLANDS OF BARTHOLIN. 





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\\.nd. 1'cn. .itli the base of the nympha, to op 

 .vmcn about opposite the posterior * 



the groove between the latter and 



Corpus clitoridis 







FIG. 1709. 



Dorsal artery. 



Dorsal nerve 



rtery of bulb 



Crus of 

 clitoris 

 pulled 

 upward 



Pubic 

 rainus 



Cruof 



llllollt 



RiKhtlobel 



triangular I 

 ligament I 



Glands of Rartholin 



DtMection of iirojfcnit.-xl triangle of female; left lobe of 

 ular bulb has been removed. 



opening of the duct, from 

 . 5-. 6 mm. wide, is often 

 at the bottom of a small 

 depression in the mu- 

 cous membrane of the 

 vestibule. 



In structure the 

 gland corresponds to the 

 mucous tubo - alveolar 

 type, the small compo- 

 nent lobules, however, 

 being separated by con- 

 siderable tracts of fibro- 

 muscular tissue. The ter- 

 minal compartments are 

 lined with columnar epi- 

 thelium containing many 

 goblet cells. The lobular 

 ducts unite to form the 

 single excretory canal, 

 which is beset with mi- 

 nut.- muc,,us follicles. Tin- main duct, which sometimes exhibits ampullary enlarge- 

 thed \\ith columnar epithelium until near its termination, where its lining 

 becomes stratified s<|ii.im..us in character, to correspond with that of the vestibule. 

 . cretion of tin- inland is \vhitish in color and viscid. 



Vessels. Tin- 'ipplying the gland are usually twigs given off from the 



bull 'i of the internal pudic. Tin- :rrns are tributary chiefly to the internal 



mmunicatr with tin- trunks of the vestibular bulb and of the vagina. 



in thosr of the vagina and rectum that are afferents of the internal 



. s. It i^ proKiMr that, to a limited extent, communication also exists with 



th paths ending in th- supi-rticial inmiinal nodes. 



Th- nerves numerous, and include sympathetic fibres and twigs from 



the pii-i- 



Development. The glands of Bartholin first appear in embryos from 4-5 cm. 

 .4, as solid fpithi-li.il outy;]>\uli> trom tin- lateral \\alls of the urogenital sinus. At 

 ;-le . yliiuieis, they later become branched, acquire a lumen and, in embryos 

 i. m length, U-^in to exhibit alveoli lined \vith mucus secreting rrlls 

 Mull.-t |, Although hilly developed at birth, the glands remain small until in-ar 

 puU-rtv, \vhn tlu-v enlarge. ac(|uinnv; their greatest >i/e during the years of sexual 

 the .e-,-viti..n ot menstruation they gradually diminish, and are 

 :he aged MibjccL 



