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(5) The Pourchette. The narrow fold or band of 

 membrane (integument) which joins the labia minora pos- 

 teriorly (usually torn in childbirth). 



(6) The Vestibule. This is the median gutter which 

 extends from the clitoris in front to the hymen or its re- 

 mains behind, and is bounded laterally by the labia minora. 

 Into it opens the meatus urinarius. 



(7) The Hymen. An irregular, ring-like fold of mem- 

 brane (probably integument), which surrounds the entrance 

 to the vagina. It is really external to and below the 

 vagina (D. S. Lamb). Torn in childbirth always. The 

 numerous small nodules remaining to mark the site of the 

 hymen in women who have had children are called the 

 carunculse myrtiformes. 



(8) The Meatus Urinarius. The external opening of 

 the female urethra is in the median line of the vestibule and 

 about three-fourths to one inch from the clitoris. 



(9) The Fossa Navicularis is the shallow depression 

 between the hymen (internally) and the fourchette (exter- 

 nally.) 



(10) The Orifice of the Vagina lies in the middle line. 

 It is narrowed in the virgin by the hymen, and surrounded 

 in the matron by the carunculae myrtiformes. 



( 1 1 ) Opening- of the Ducts of the Glands of Bar- 

 tholin is on the inner side of the labia minora, external to 

 the hymen, and on a level with the middle of the vaginal 

 orifice. 



The Anus. See page 406. 



DISSECTION. 



Distend the vagina and rectum with oakum, and take several interrupted 

 sutures in the labia majora and the anus. 



