FEMALE PERINEUM 



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It may be well for the student to bear in mind that the term " perineum " 

 is used by obstetric surgeons in a very restricted sense. It is applied by 



Praeputium 

 clitoridi.-/ 



Vestibulum 

 vaginae (an- 

 terior part) 



Orificiu 

 vagin 



Foss 

 navicular: 



Glans clitoridis 

 Frenulum clitoridi- 



Labium majus 



Labium minus 

 Orificium urethras 

 externum 



Posterior commissure 



Anus 



FIG. 88. Female External Genital Organs. 



The frenulum labiorum pudendi is seen stretching across behind the fossa 

 navicularis and in front of the posterior commissure. The ducts of 

 the greater vestibular glands open in the intervals between the vaginal 

 orifice and the medial edges of the labia minora. (Dixon.) 



them to the small region between the anus and the frenulum labiorum 

 pudendi. 



