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Hl'MAN ANATOMY. 



connective-tissue septa that 

 the tension of the latter is 



.rUa rninor., . 



. m lhat . for UK ,no, t ,,ar Their j th is from 2.5-3.5 cm., 



11 aml "I 11 1 u lckness from 3-5 mm. Near its anterior 

 llu ,,. uilllh , t halt as nnu-h, and hu aicknt* t on j ^.^ Q{ ^ 



h , a j, IUII1 ,lu ,des into a la era . a m . lose with a hood> the 



1706. 





KjnaplM 



Vaginal 



Navirutar 



Preputium 



eli tm id is 



Paraurethral 

 duct 

 Duct of 

 Bartholin's 



gland 



Hymen 



Fourchette 



Posterior 

 commissure 



\ 



transverse crescentic fold, 

 the frenwn or fourchette 

 (frenulum labiorum pudendi) 

 that marks the posterior 

 boundary of the shallow 

 navicular fossa (Fig. 1706). 

 Both surfaces of the nymphse 

 are covered with delicate 

 skin, which, on account of 

 the protection afforded by 

 the greater labia and con- 

 stant contact with the vagi- 

 nal secretions, remains moist 

 and soft and assumes the 

 color and appearance of a 

 mucous membrane. The 

 entire absence of mucous 

 glands and the presence of 

 numerous sebaceous folli- 

 cles, on the inner as well 

 as on the outer surface, to- 

 gether with the develop- 

 ment of the nymphje from 

 the margin of the cloacal 

 fossa, establish their cuta- 

 neous character. The skin 

 covering the nymphae ex- 

 ternally is continuous with 

 that of the labia majora at 

 the bottom of the interlabial 



furrow ; internally the line of transition into the mucous membrane lining the vesti- 

 bule iollim-, tin- medial attachment of the folds which overlie the vestibular bulb. In 

 tn.n to the t\\o cutaneous layers, the nymphae consist of an intermediate stratum 

 if 1, !..! i. .nne.tr lirh in blood-vessels, and containing many bundles of in- 



.ntaiv mus. les that possess the character of erectile tissue. Hairs and fat are 

 aig in the lal.ia minora, but sebaceous and sweat glands are present, the 

 >ut most plentiful in the anterior part and in the prepuce 



Tli. vestibule i \i-Mil.ulum \auinai-i is the elliptical space enclosed between the 



lal.ia in < n<lini4 itom the clitoris in front to the crescentic frenum behind. 



\Y1iui ill- nMiiph.i- .11. >. |.aiate.l. the vestibule resembles an almond in outline, being 



point* <1 in tiont and broader In-hind. In tin usually examined the floor) of 



tlu> BpaCC ire sren tin- m.thial and vaginal oriluv, and the'minute openings of the 



5n.il ilti. i tKe c.mals ,,t r.artholin's gland.,. The lort/ini/ orifice occu- 



OT 1m COMpictfbot CORUgated elevation < papilla urcthralis) that lies about 



External fcnitml orj(Bi of virgin : Imbla have been separated to expose 

 vestibule and vaginal orifice. 



