. Quain's elements of anatomy . labia are con-nected by a slight transverse fold {frmnulum jpudendi), which is fre-quently torn in the first parturition. The space between it and thecommissure has been called/ossa navicularis. Clitoris.—Beneath the anterior commissure, and concealed betweenthe labia, is the clitoris (fig. 603, 19), a small elongated body correspond-ing in conformation and structure to a diminutive penis, but differingin having no corpus spongiosum, nor urethra connected with it below. 700 THE FEMALE EEPRODUCTIVE OEGAKS. It consists of two coiyora cavernosa, which are attached
. Quain's elements of anatomy . labia are con-nected by a slight transverse fold {frmnulum jpudendi), which is fre-quently torn in the first parturition. The space between it and thecommissure has been called/ossa navicularis. Clitoris.—Beneath the anterior commissure, and concealed betweenthe labia, is the clitoris (fig. 603, 19), a small elongated body correspond-ing in conformation and structure to a diminutive penis, but differingin having no corpus spongiosum, nor urethra connected with it below. 700 THE FEMALE EEPRODUCTIVE OEGAKS. It consists of two coiyora cavernosa, which are attached by crura to therami of the ischium and pubis, and are united together by their flattenedinner surfaces so as to forin an incomplete pectiniform septum. Thebody of the chtoris, which is about an inch and a half long, but is hiddenbeneath the mucous membrane, is surmounted by a small glcms, con-sisLiug of spongy erectile tissue. The glans is imperforate, highlysensitive, and surrounded superiorly by a membranous fold, analogous. Pig, 603.—View op the female organs of aENERATiON from behind, the vagina being CUT OPEN AND ITS WALLS TURNED ASIDE (Sappej). J 1, Ovaries ; 2, Fallopian tubes ; 3, 4, 5, their fimbriated extremities (4 points to theostium abdorainale); 6, ovarian fimbria ; 7, ligament of the ovary; 8, 9, broad ligaments;10, uterus; 11, its vaginal portion ; 12, os uteri; 13, lateral and posterior walls of vaginareflected ; 14, its anterior wall; 15, edge of hymen ; 16, orifice of urethra ; 17, vestibule;18, nymphte; 19, clitoris ; 20, labia majora. to the prepuce. There is a small suspensoiy ligament attached to theupper border, like that of the penis, and in front of this the clitoris isdependent. The two ischio-cavernous muscles, named in the femaleerectores clitoridis, have the same connections as in the male, beinginserted into the crura of the corpora cavernosa. Nymphse.—From the glans and preputial covering of the clitoris EXTERNAL OEGANS OF GENERATION. 701 t
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