CHAPTER XI 



THE FEMALE ORGANS OF GENERATION 



THE external organs of generation in the female 

 are the mons veneris, labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, 



FIG. 143. Virginal vulva : i, Labia majora ; 2, fourchet ; 3, labia minora ; 

 4, glans clitoridis ; 5, meatus urinarius ; 6, vestibule; 7, entrance to the 

 vagina; 8, hymen; 9, orifice of Bartholin's gland; 10, anterior commissure 

 of labia mnjora ; n.anus; 12, blind recess ; 13, fossa navicularis; 14, body 

 of clitoris (modified from Tarnier). 



meatus urinarius, and the orifice of the vagina. The 

 term vulva or pudendum, as generally applied, includes all 

 these parts. 



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