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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
For over a century, the development of the perineum has received ample attention because of the striking complexity of its formation and malformation. In the prolonged disputes at this subject, normal and abnormal development became intricately interwoven and ideas about the normal process were often directed by the anomalies.
The unexpected results from an investigation into hereditary congenital anorectal malformations of pig embryos demonstrated the weakness of such interpretations and constructions and underlined the need for a new inquiry into the normal development of the area in human embryos. They showed that although data from malformations may offer extra information about the normal development of the area, great care has to be taken in using that information for the reconstruction of its normal development which should be based first and foremost on the observation of the evolving microscopic anatomy of the region.
To avoid the inconsistencies caused by fragmented research in the past, such an investigation should comprise the whole structure of the region from its incipience to birth. The present study offers such a survey. It contradicts current opinion on major developmental events and gives new insights into the origin of the urinary bladder, the subdivision of the cloaca, the transformation of the cloacal mantle into the erectile, fascial and muscular structures of the female and male perineum, and also corrects existing ideas about the formation of the vagina, urethra and vestibulum in the female and the urethra, penis and scrotum in the male. These new findings will be indispensable in unravelling the pathogenesis of challenging perineal malformations.
(not yet copy edited, March 16,2004)
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
S. C. J. Putte
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Development of the Perineum in the Human
Book Subtitle: A Comprehensive Histological Study with a Special Reference to the Role of the Stromal Components
Authors: S. C. J. Putte
Series Title: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b138055
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-21039-9Published: 06 October 2004
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-26783-6Published: 30 March 2006
Series ISSN: 0301-5556
Series E-ISSN: 2192-7065
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 136
Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations
Topics: Biomedicine general