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PRACTICAL ANATOMY. 



Dissection. Place the subject in the proper lithotomy position, as described 

 previously for dissecting the male perineum. Thoroughly remove all pubic hair. 

 Find the following structures and dissect them in this order : 



1. Tlie clitoris, homologous to the penis. 



2. The labia uiajora, homologous to the scrotum. 



3. The bulbo-cavernosus, homologous to the accelerator. 



4. The bnlbi vcstibuli, homologous to the bulb of the urethra. 



5. The gland of Bartholin, homologous to Cowper's gland. 



6. The sphincter ani, the superficial transversus perincei, and superficial part of 

 the triangular ligament. 



The Clitoris. The clitoris is homologous to the penis. Its size is often 

 underestimated, because the foreskin the labia minora binds it clown so you are 



MONS VENERIS 



GUNS CLITORIDIS 



MEATUS URINARIUS IN 

 VESTI8ULAR SPACE 



CORPUS CLITORIDIS 



LABIUM MAJUS 

 LABIUM MINUS 



HTM EM 



ANUS 



FIG. 238. EXTERNAL GENITALS OF THE VIRGIN, \VITH DIAPIIRACM \ 1 1< HY.MIV (Sappey.) 



able to see only the distal end, called the glans. In the pom's the prq> 

 covers the glans and terminates below in a frenum ; in the clitoris the prepuce 

 terminates in the two elongated labia minora, owing to the vertical cleft of the 

 vaginal orifice. To dissect properly this organ, grasp the glans in the forceps of 

 your left hand, and, with the scissors in your right hand, cut the skin along the 

 dorsum of the clitoris for an inch upward. Then you can see the corona glandi.-' 

 and the glans clitoridis in full view. Next remove carefully the skin from tin- 

 two crura along.the ischio-pubic ramus. You will find these crura covered by a 

 nuiM-lc, the erector clitoridis, homologous to the erector penis. 



Kemove the skin from the labia majora and trace the crescentic muscular fibres 

 of the bulbo-cavernosus muscle around the orifice of the vagina. This is tin- 

 sphincter muscle of the vagina. The transversus perina-i and sphincter ani an 





