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THE URINOGENITAL ORGANS 



The labia minora, or nymphse (labia minora pudendi) (Figs. 1174, 1175), are 

 two smaller, narrower longitudinal folds, with a delicate covering of modified 

 skin, and usually hidden from view unless the labia majora are separated. They 

 end posteriorly by gradually joining the labia majora, although in the young- 

 there is usually a transverse fold, the fourchette or frenuluin (frenulum labiorum 

 pudendi). Traced forward each labium minus divides into an outer and an inner 

 portion or limb. The outer parts of the two labia unite over the glans clitoridis 

 to form the prepuce of the clitoris (praeputium clitoridis) (Fig. 1174). The internal 

 limbs unite at an acute angle beneath the glans clitoris and are attached to the 

 under surface of the glans to form the frenulum clitoridis. The two labia minora 

 are in contact, flanked by the labia majora, and are covered by modified skin, 



ANTERIOR 



CMMISSURE 

 OF VULVA 



PREPUCE OF 

 CLITORIS 



POSTERIOR 



COMMISSURE 



OF VULVA 



-ANUS 



POST-ANAL. 

 FURRGW 



1173. The female pudendum or vulva with the labia majora. (Toldt.) 



with numerous, sebaceous glands (glandulae vestibulares minvres), resembling 

 the smooth, moist, pink-colored integument of the inner surface of the labia majora. 

 The cleft between the labia minora is called the vestibule, the structures of which 

 are seen only on separating the labia. 



The vestibule (vestibulum vaginae) (Figs. 1157 and 1174) is the cleft between 

 the labia minora, between the glans clitoridis in front and the fourchette behind. 

 On separating the labia minora the following structures in the vestibule are seen: 

 1) The external urethral orifice and the minute openings, one on each side, of 

 the paraurethral ducts; (2) the vaginal orifice; and (3) the openings of the ducts 

 of the vestibular glands (of Bartholin). The recess between the fourchette and 

 the vaginal orifice is called the fossa navicularis. 



