Damage to the central portion of the pubocervical fascia, called a "central defect" cystocele, is seen as a bulge on the anterior vaginal wall with a variable loss of vaginal rugae but an intact ...

For those wondering, those ridges also have a name. They're called rugae palatinae, or more simply palatal rugae. The term rugae simply means "ridges" while palatinae simply means regarding the palate ...

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