Gynaecology for students and practitioners . It formsa small structure consisting of a glans about the size of a splitpea, and a small body of variable length attached to the pubesby a pair of crura. Folds from the nymphse form a hood whichcovers and sometimes entirely conceals the glans—the preputiumclitoridis. The glans is composed of erectile tissue, abundantlysupplied with sensory nerves ; it receives its blood-supply throughthe artery to the clitoris, a special branch of the internal pudic. Thisvessel may be the source of serious haemorrhage when may collect beneath th
Gynaecology for students and practitioners . It formsa small structure consisting of a glans about the size of a splitpea, and a small body of variable length attached to the pubesby a pair of crura. Folds from the nymphse form a hood whichcovers and sometimes entirely conceals the glans—the preputiumclitoridis. The glans is composed of erectile tissue, abundantlysupplied with sensory nerves ; it receives its blood-supply throughthe artery to the clitoris, a special branch of the internal pudic. Thisvessel may be the source of serious haemorrhage when may collect beneath the preputium causing local irritation,and sometimes the margins of the folds adhere to one another so thatthe clitoris cannot be exposed. THE VULVA 61 The ostium or introitus vaginae is the entrance to the vaginal canal;it lies at a deep but variable level from the surface of the apposedlabia. In virgins the ostium is partly closed by the hymen {see Fig. 38)in married women the hymen is found lacerated or stretched, and MEATUS _URIHARlUS. PREPUTIUMCLIT0RIDI5FRENULUMC LI TO RID 15 VESTIBULE HYMPHAL. ANTERIORVAGINAL WALL FOURCHETTE ?y.
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