2/2 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FOR NURSES 



The mons veneris is the rounded eminence situated in 

 front of the pubes; it is formed by an accumulation of 

 fatty tissue beneath the integument. It surmounts the 

 vulva, and at puberty becomes covered with hair. 



The labia majora are two prominent longitudinal cuta- 

 neous folds, extending downward from the mons veneris 

 to the anterior boundary of the perineum, and enclosing 

 an elliptic fissure, the urinosexual opening. The outer 



FlG. 144. Normal vulvovaginal gland. The labium majus and minus, 

 the sphincter vaginae muscle, and the bulb have been partly removed on the 

 right side in order to expose the gland : AA f , Section of labium majus and 

 minus; B, gland ; C, excretory duct ; C f , stylet introduced into the duct; 

 D, glandular end of duct ; E, free end of duct ; F t section of bulb ; G, as- 

 cending ram us of ischium (Huguier). 



surfaces of the labia majora are covered with hair; the 

 inner surfaces are continuous with those of the genito- 

 urinary mucous tract. 



The labia minora are two small cutaneous folds situ- 

 ated within the labia majora, and extending from the cli- 

 toris obliquely downward and outward for about i J inches 

 on each side of the orifice of the vagina, at the sides of 

 which they are obliterated. They are continuous exter- 



