THE FEMALE ORGANS OF GENERATION. 



EXTERNAL ORGANS. 



External Organs of Generation in the Female are : the mons Veneris, the 

 labia majora and minora, the clitoris, the meatus urinarius, and the orifice of 



FIG. 569. The vulva. External female organs of generation. 



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 pubic symphysis, 

 formed by a collection of fatty tissue beneath the integument. It becomes covered 

 with hair at the time of puberty. 



The Labia Majora are two prominent longitudinal cutaneous folds extending 

 downward from the mons Veneris to the anterior boundary of the perinaeum, and 

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