THE FEMALE GENERATIVE ORGANS. 



EXTERNAL ORGANS. 



THE External Organs of Generation in the Female are : the mons Veneris, the 

 labia inajora and minora, the clitoris, the meatus urinarius, and the orifice of 



FIG. 742. The vulva. External female organs of generation. 



the vagina. The term " vulva "or ; ' pudendum," as generally applied, includes 

 all these parts. 



The Mons Veneris is the rounded eminence in front of the pubic symphysis, 

 formed by a collection of fatty tissue beneath the integument. It surmounts the 

 vulva, and becomes covered with hair at the time of puberty. ' 



The Labia Majora are two prominent longitudinal cutaneous folds extending 

 downward from the mons Veneris to the anterior boundary of the perinaeum, and 



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