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Epithelial cells comprise closely packed monolayers that separate different tissue compartments. One side of the epithelium faces the outside of the body, or the side occupied by the external environment. The other side faces the inside of the body, or the side containing the blood and extracellular fluids. The skin is made of epithelial cells, as are the lumens of the gastrointestinal tract, the kidneys, the lungs, and the urinary bladder (Putnam, 1995). Simple epithelium is one cell thick, and compound epithelium is several cells thick. The cells usually cover connective tissue, and are held together by a cementing substance to form a sheet (Hale et al., 1995). Their shapes give rise to descriptive names of columnar, cubical, and squamous (flat). 

Most of the uterus is covered by peritoneum (Fig. 3.5). The peritoneum contributes only little support but ensures adequate mobility of the uterus relative to the urinary bladder and rectum, which is necessary to adj ust to the variation in bladder filling and especially during pregnancy. The peritoneum extends from the roof of the urinary bladder to the anterior uterine wall, forming the vesicouterine pouch in between. Below this fold, there is the vesicouterine ligament. The posterior peritoneal coat of the uterus extends downward to form the rectouterine pouch (Douglas space) that reaches to the level of the posterior vaginal fornix and from there extends to cover the anterior rectal wall. 

Perren P, Erey P (1998) The exstrophy-epispadias complex in the duplicated lower urinary tract. J Urol 159 1681-1683 Riccabona M (2007) (Paediatric) magnetic resonance urography just fancy images or a new important diagnostic tool Curr Opin Urol 17 48-55 Sahoo SP, Gangopadhyay AN, Sinha CK et al (1997) Covered exstrophy a rare variant of classical bladder exstrophy. Scand J Urol Nephrol 31 103-106 Smith NM, Chambers HM, Purness ME et al (1992) The OEIS complex (omphalocele-exstrophy-imperforate... 

Most cases of daytime and nighttime wetting are functional forms of urinary incontinence resulting from nonneurogenic bladder sphincter dysfunction, clinically manifested by frequency, urgency and urge incontinence. UTls, covered bac-teriuria, VUR, constipation, encopresis and structural abnormalities of the urinary tract are often associated. 

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