. Anatomy, descriptive and surgical. ris The Vulva, external Female Organs of Generation. FEMALE ORGANS OF GENERATION. 977 vided with numerous large mucous crypts which secrete abundance of sebaceousmatter. The Clitoris is an erectile structure analogous to the corpora cavernosa of thepenis. [It differs from the penis in having no corpus spongiosum and no urethra.]It is situated beneath the anterior commissure, partially hidden between the ante-rior extremities of the labia minora. It is an elongated organ, connected to therami of the pubes and ischia on each side by a crus; the body is short
. Anatomy, descriptive and surgical. ris The Vulva, external Female Organs of Generation. FEMALE ORGANS OF GENERATION. 977 vided with numerous large mucous crypts which secrete abundance of sebaceousmatter. The Clitoris is an erectile structure analogous to the corpora cavernosa of thepenis. [It differs from the penis in having no corpus spongiosum and no urethra.]It is situated beneath the anterior commissure, partially hidden between the ante-rior extremities of the labia minora. It is an elongated organ, connected to therami of the pubes and ischia on each side by a crus; the body is short and con-cealed beneath the labia; the free extremity, or glans clitoridis, is a small roundedtubercle consisting of spongy erectile tissue and highly sensitive. The clitoris con-sists of two corpora cavernosa, composed of erectile tissue enclosed in a dense layerof fibrous membrane, united together along their inner surfaces by an incompletefibrous pectiniform septum. It is provided, like the penis, with a suspensory liga- Fig. Section of Female Pelvis, showing position of [Compare the better figure, Fig. 656, p. 978.] ment and with two small muscles, the Erectores clithe crura of the corpora cavernosa. Between the clitoris and the entrance of the vaface bounded on each side by the nymphse; this The orifice of the urethra (meatus urinarius)the vestibule, about an inch below the clitoris andsurrounded by a prominent elevation of the mucousurinarius is the orifice of the vagina, an ellipticalthe virgin by a membranous fold, the hymen. The Hymen is a thin semilunar fold of mucous toridis, which are inserted into gina is a triangular smooth sur-is the vestibule,is situated at the back part ofnear the margin of the vagina,membrane. Below the meatusaperture, more or less closed in membrane stretched across the 1 The student must bear in mind, that, though in this diagram the vagina is represented as awidely-open tube or canal for the sake of clearness, it is not so in
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