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the same as in the male. The nerve- and bin. > ( | supply are pn'dscly the same. 

 The deep perinea! fascia transmits the urethra. It is smaller than in the male, 

 on account of the vagina. (See Mood-supply on page 339.) 



The perineal body (I-'ig. 239) occupies the space between the lower part of 

 the vagina and the rectum. It has a base, covered by skin, and an apex between 

 the termini of its anterior and posterior surfaces. From side to side it extends 

 from tuber to tuber of the ischium. Its posterior surface lies in front of the 

 anterior wall of the rectum ; its anterior surface lies behind the posterior vaginal 

 wall. Into it are attached all the muscles of the central perineal point or tendon : 

 (i) The external sphincter ani ; (2) the superficial transversus perin.ei ; (3) the 



VESICAL WALL 



CAVITY OF BLADDER 



Prevesical fat 



Deep transver- 

 ua perinaei 



RECTUM 



COCCVX 



Reeto-ooocy- 

 geal muscle 



POSTERIOR UP OF OS 



UTERI 

 ANTERIOR LIP 



VAGINA 



External 

 sphincter ani 



Internal 

 sphincter aul 



LABIUM MAJUS 

 Unstrfped muscular fibre 



URETHRA 

 IA8IUM MINUS 

 Unstrlped muscular fibre 



ANUS 



Internal sphincter ani 

 Fart ol external sphincter ani 



Vrxsrl* 



VAGINAL ORIFICE 



fio. 239. SECTION OK THE FEMALE PELVIS. (After Henle.) 



sphincter vagina:. This perineal body is strong ; it owes its strength to elastic 

 connective tissue. The perineal body is about an inch and a half in length from 

 before backward. 



The glands of Bartholin probably represent Cowper's glands in the male, 

 but are more superficially placed. They are two little racemose glands, about 



nrd of an inch long, situated one on each side beneath the lateral wall of the 

 vestibule and behind the bulbi vestibuli. The duct, about three-quarters of an 

 inch in length, opens immediately in front of the vaginal orifice opposite its 

 meridian. 



Locate tlic vagina by superior ami inferior limitations. 



