Vesicula

(ves-ik' -u-lah). A vesicle or papule containing Applied, also, to a number of pouches or bladder-like bodies. V. cordylares, cordylar auditory vesicles of the Marmonemidm and Geryonidce among Medusa. V. graafianse, the vesicles in the outer layer and stroma of the ovary, each of which contains an ovum. V. nabothi, the small glandular bodies within the mouth of the uterus. V. prostatic a, the depre ion or cul-de-sac, called, also, the sinus pocularis, which traverses the prostate gland beneath its middle lobe. It is the male homologue of the uterus, developed from the Muller i an ducts. V. semina les, the two tabulated, membranous pouches between the base of the bladder and the rectum. They constitute reservoirs for the semen. V. serosa, the false amnion. See Amnion .