A manual of obstetrics . Fig. 4.—General axis of the parturient canal,including the uterine cavity and the soft parts :A, center of superior strait; B, center of inferiorstrait; C, center of the pelvic cavity. GENERATIVE ORGANS AND PARTURIENT CANAL. 23 J^ ^4. the fetus. The hymen is a fold of the vaginal mucosaguarding its lower orifice, the introitiis vagincs. The Vulva.—The external genitals, or vulva (Fig. 5],comprise the labia majora andminora, the clitoris, the vesti-bule, the fossa navicularis, andthe mons veneris. The labia majora, the ana-logue of the scrotum in themale, consist of two
A manual of obstetrics . Fig. 4.—General axis of the parturient canal,including the uterine cavity and the soft parts :A, center of superior strait; B, center of inferiorstrait; C, center of the pelvic cavity. GENERATIVE ORGANS AND PARTURIENT CANAL. 23 J^ ^4. the fetus. The hymen is a fold of the vaginal mucosaguarding its lower orifice, the introitiis vagincs. The Vulva.—The external genitals, or vulva (Fig. 5],comprise the labia majora andminora, the clitoris, the vesti-bule, the fossa navicularis, andthe mons veneris. The labia majora, the ana-logue of the scrotum in themale, consist of two thick folds \of integument extending forabout 7^ cm. ( in.) fromthe symphysis pubis above totheir junction below—\}:iQposte-rior commissure, or fourchet—about 2^ cm. (i in.) in front ofthe anus. In structure they arecomposed of adipose tissue,blood-vessels, and nerves, withan internal mucous and an exter-nal cutaneous surface, the latterbeing clothed with short, crisphairs. Bartholiids glands, or theglands of Duverney or of Hu-guier, one on either side, areimbedded in the lower third ofthe labia majora. The rimapudenda?, the fissure separatingthe labia. The fourchet is tornin the majority of labors occurring in primiparae. The labia ndnor
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