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ABDOMEN 



A short distance in front of the posterior commissure the 

 posterior extremities of the labia minora are usually connected 



Praeputium 

 clitoridis" 



Vestibulum 

 vaginae (an- 

 terior part) 



Orificium^ 

 vaginae" 



Fossa 

 navicularis 



.Posterior commissui 



I 



-Anus 



FIG. 138. 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 

 Bartholin's glands open in the intervals between the vaginal orifice and 

 the inner edges of the labia minora. (Dixon.) 



together by a transverse fold, the frenulum labiorum pudendi, 

 and immediately anterior to and above this fold, between it 



