Female Organs of Generation. 



THE External Organs of Generation in the female are the mons Yeneris, the 

 labia majora and minora, the clitoris, the meatus urinarius, and the orifice of 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 pubes, formed by a 

 collection of fatty tissue beneath the integument. It surmounts the vulva, and is 

 covered with hair at the time of puberty. 



Fig. 374. The Vulva. External Female Organs of Generation. 



The labia majora are two prominent longitudinal cutaneous folds, extending 

 downwards from the mons Veneris to the anterior boundary of the perineum, and 

 inclosing an elliptical fissure, the common urino-sexual opening. Each labium is 

 formed externally of integument, covered with hair; internally, of mucous mem- 

 brane, which is continuous with the geni to-urinary mucous tract ; and between 

 the two, of a considerable quantity of areolar tissue, fat, and a tissue resembling 

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