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DISSECTION OF THE PELVIS. 



Mons Veneris and labia piidendi. In front of the pubes the integument 

 is covered with hair, and is raised into a slight eminence mons Veneris, 

 by a layer of subjacent fat. 



Extending downwards from the prominence are two folds of integument, 

 the labia pudendi (labia majora), which correspond with the scrotum in 

 the male. Above and below, the labia are united, the points of junction 

 being named commissures ; and between them is an interval called rinui. 

 The labia decrease in thickness interiorly ; they are covered externally 

 with a few hairs, but are lined internally with mucous membrane. In 

 them is a dartoid tissue resembling that in the male scrotum. 



Within the lower commissure of the labia is a small thin transverse fold 

 of integuments named fourchette ov frcenulum : and between this fold and 

 the lower commissure is an interval the fossa navicularis. 



Clitoris and nymphce. Beneath the upper commissure of the labia 

 majora is the projection of the clitoris, with the nymplue or smaller labia 

 descending from it. 



Dissection. To see the clitoris, the integuments forming the upper 

 commissure must be removed ; and, after the body of the organ has been 

 laid bare, the crura, one on each side, are to be followed outwards. 



The clitoris (tig. 185 b) is a small erectile body, and is the representa- 

 tive of the penis. It has the same composition as the penis, except that 

 the urethra is not continued below it. Its anterior extremity is terminated 

 by a rounded part or glans (e), and is covered by a fold of the skin corre- 

 sponding with the prepuce of the male. 



Fig. 185. 



REPRESENTATION OF THE CLITORIS. 

 a. Cms, and ft, body of the corpus cavernosnm. 



c. Glanw clitoridis. The lower figure shows the structure ou a vertical section ; the same letters 

 refer to like parts. 



In its structure this organ resembles the penis in the following particu- 

 lars : it consists of corpora cavernosa, which are attached by crura (one 

 on each side () ) to tin; pubic arch, and are blended in the body. Along 

 the middle is an imperfect pectiniforrn septum. Further, it possesses a 

 portion of corpus spongiosum, but this structure is limited to the glans 

 clitoridis (c). 



