CHAP. XXX VI 1 1.] FEMALE URETHRA. 559 



glands ; and in the labia majora are some sebaceous glands, open- 

 ing into the hair follicles, which are so numerous in this region. 



The papilla? in this situation are very numerous and highly 

 developed, and are covered with scaly epithelium. The submucous 

 tissue is abundant, loose, and without fat ; it contains many fibres 

 of the yellow element. At the labia majora, the mucous membrane 

 becomes continuous with the external skin, to which it gradually 

 approaches in structure. 



Urethra. The female urethra is much shorter and wider than 

 that of the male. It is about an inch and a half in length, and 

 terminates in the meatus urinarius, which opens in the vulva be- 

 tween the nymphse. This canal may be enormously dilated without 

 danger, and a very large calculus has often been extracted from 

 the female bladder through it. The mucous membrane, especially 

 near the bladder, contains many follicles. 



Besides the works already referred to in the Notes, the authors recom- 

 mend the reader to consult the following : Kolliker's " Manual of Human 

 Histology," translated by Busk and Huxley, Sydenham Society. Dr. Barry's 

 Papers in the Phil. Trans., 183840. Dr. Lee's " Memoirs on the Ganglia and 

 Nerves of the Uterus," 1849. Dr. Snow Beck " On the Nerves of the Uterus," 

 Phil. Trans., 1846. Quain and Sharpey's Anatomy. 



