HUMAN ANATOMY. 



join those of the labia majora, as well as communicate with the veins of the clitoris 



] bulb The Ivmphatics of the labia are very numerous, notably in the more 



superficial parts of the folds, a half dozen or more trunks passing to the upper and 



groSp of inguinal lymph-nodes. The lymphatics from the nymphs, also 



. nunVnL, join the afferents from the labia majora and end in the same inguinal 



ii-s. Communications sometimes exist with the nodes of the opposite sides 



The nervet supplying the anterior half of the labia majora are derived from 



the ilio-inguinal and the genital branch of the genito-crural, while the posterior part 



:, e labia -.laments from the perineal branches of the pudic and the small 



sciatic trunks. The nymphae are highly sensitive and receive branches from the 



il perineal nerves upon which special sensory endings are found within the 



subepithelial tissue. 



THE CLITORIS. 



The clitoris, the homologue of the penis, repeats in reduced size and modified 

 form the chief components of the organ of the male. Morphologically considered, it 

 consists of two corpora cavernosa, united in front into the body and separated behind 

 into the crura attached to the pubic arch, and the imperfectly developed and cleft 

 corpus spongiosum known as the bulbus vestibuli and usually described as an inde- 

 pendent organ. 



The clitoris lies so buried within the subcutaneous tissue and beneath the labia 

 that only its small conical anterior end, called the glans clitoridis, and the low verti- 



FIG. 1708. 



r=- ouspensory ligament 

 of clitoris 



-Corpus clitoridis 

 lans clitoridis 



Pan intermedia 

 t'rrthral orifice 



Bulbtu vettitmli 

 Vaginal orifice 



Inferior layer at- 



triangular ligament 



F Crus clitoridis curved 



by ischio-cavernosus 



muscle 



Cut edge 



Compressor bulbi 

 Transversus perinei 



Diwectlon of urogenita! triangle of female, showing clitoris and bulbus vestibuli. 



cal ridge of integument over the body (torus clitoridis) appear when the labia are 



s, |,.u.itc '! The jjan-,. about 5 mm. in diameter, is partly concealed by an annular 



.ture * if skin, the prrputhtm clitoridis, that is free in front and at the sides, but 



attached by a median fold, the frenum, continuous with the nymphs. 



removal of the labia and skin, the clitoris (using the term in the 



"'"";! -wn to consist of the small unpaired body 



is ilitoridii '. fi'.m 2 tu 2.5 cm. long, composed of the fused corpora cavernosa, 



fearing and niii.-h larger enira. from 3. 5-4 cm. in length, that are attached 



the subpubic ar.-h. as are the corresponding parts of the penis. The 



however, relatively flat and blunt. The dependent body forms 



UPbend mth the diverging enira, being fixed to the lower part of the symphy- 



by a dmmmm e , *#tn*>ry tif*m<. Owing to its attachments to the in- 



