Lacuna
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Lacuna refers to various anatomical spaces or depressions, including Lacuna magna in the navicular fossa of the male urethra and Morgagni's urethral lacunae which are small pouches along the urethral wall containing ducts of mucous glands.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
LACUNA (Latin: lagoon, swamp, depression filled with water). Lacuna magna - a depression in the navicular fossa, fossa navicularis urethrae, the expanded part of the male urethra in the glans penis. Lacunae urethrae Morgagnii - Morgagni's lacunae, small pouches along the upper wall of the urethra (pars cavernosa urethrae virilis), located behind the navicular fossa, covered by valve-like folds of the mucous membrane (valvulae urethrales); the excretory ducts of the mucous glands open into them. Lacuna musculorum et vasorum - see Femoral canal.
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“Lacuna.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/lacuna/