sheath

• So long as this sheath is not cut where it covers the sides of the prostate, urinary infiltration of the pelvis is impossible, the urine being carried forwards and fairly out of the pelvis in this urine-tight funnel Illustration: FIG. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
• Snatching his sword from its sheath, and clutching a pistol from the table as he went, he followed de Soto on deck Roger attempted to get out of his bunk, with the idea of joining his friends on deck and taking part in the fight, but he fell back on his mattress, weak and giddy from the attempt. —  Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
• The median nerve, d, Plate 15, accompanies the artery in its proper sheath, which is a duplication of the common fascia; and in this sheath are also situated the venae comites, making frequent loops around the artery. —  Surgical Anatomy
• The lower band of the fibres of this tendinous sheath--viz., that which is stretched between C, the iliac spine, and D, the crista pubis, is named Poupart's ligament; and this is strongly connected with H, the iliac portion of the fascia lata of the thigh Poupart's ligament is not stretched tensely in a right line, like the string of a bow, between the points, C and D. With regard to these points it is lax, and curves down towards the thigh like the arc of a circle. —  Surgical Anatomy
• The fore part of this sheath is mentioned as formed by the fascia transversalis--the back part by the fascia iliaca; but these distinctions are merely nominal, and it is therefore unnecessary to dwell upon them. —  Surgical Anatomy

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