428 A MANUAL OF ANA TOMY. 



composed of two small corpora cavernosa attached simi- 

 larly to the corpora cavernosa in the male. See page 416. 

 The corpora cavernosa converge from the pubic arch, unite 

 to form the body of the clitoris, and terminate in a blunt 

 extremity (different from the male) which is called the 

 glans clitoridis. 



The clitoris is covered by a modified integument, and 

 is suspended from the symphysis pubis by a small ligament 

 similar to the suspensory ligament of the penis. 



The Artery and Nerve to the Bulb. See pages 41 2, 414. 



The Artery and Nerve to the Corpus Cavernosum and 

 the Dorsal Artery and Nerve of the Clitoris. See 

 pages 413, 414. Fig. 86. 



The Anterior Layer of the Triangular Ligament. 



The description on page 403 will answer for this struc- 

 ture in the female, in addition noting that it is perforated by 

 the vagina. 



DISSECTION. 

 Remove the anterior layer of the triangular ligament. 



Compressor Urethrse. Constrictor Vaginae. (Deep 

 Transversus Perincei.) 



The compressor urethrae muscle occupies the same posi- 

 tion in the female that it does in the male. Besides its 

 urethral function it also constricts the vagina. It is not so 

 well developed as in the male. See page 416. 



Various small muscles are described in this plane by 

 various dissectors. It is sufficient if the student now recog- 

 nizes the above muscle. 

 The Glands of Bartholin. (Cowper's Glands in the male.) 



These are two small glands lying opposite to the posterior 

 half of the vaginal orifice, just behind the bulbs of the 

 vagina, imbedded within the constrictor vaginae muscle. 



