Identifier: b20386424 (find matches)
Title: Anatomy, descriptive and surgical (electronic resource)
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Gray, Henry, 1825-1861 Carter, H. V., ill Westmacott, John Guise, Dr, ill
Subjects: Anatomy
Publisher: London : J.W. Parker
Contributing Library: Wellcome Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellcome Library

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ly everted, forming amuscular layer, which becomes placed external to the process of the peritoneum,surrounding the gland and spermatic cord, and constitutes the Cremaster. In thefemale, a small cord, corresponding to the gubernaculum in the male, descendsto the inguinal region, and ultimately forms the round ligament of the uterus. Apouch of peritoneum accompanies it along the inguinal canal, analogous to theprocessus vaginalis in the male; it is called the canal of Nuck. Female Organs of Generation. THE external Organs of Generation in the female are the mons Veneris, thelabia majora and minora, the clitoris, the meatus urinarius, and the orificeof the vagina. The term vulva or pudendum, as generally applied, includesall these parts. The mons veneris is the rounded eminence in front of the pubes, formed by acollection of fatty tissue beneath the integument. It surmounts the vulva, and iscovered with hair at the time of puberty. 374.—The Vulva. External Female Organs of Generation.
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The labia majora are two prominent longitudinal cutaneous folds, extendingdownwards from the mons Veneris to the anterior boundary of the perinaeum, andenclosing an elliptical fissure, the common urino-sexual opening. Each labium isformed externally of integument, covered wath hair; internally, of mucous mem-brane, which is continuous with the genito-urinary mucous tract; and betweenthe two, of a considerable quantity of areolar tissue, fat, and a tissue resembling YULYA. the dartos of the scrotum, besides vessels, nerves, and glands. The labia arethicker in front than behind, and joined together at each extremity, forming theanterior and posterior commissures. The interval left between the posterior com-missure and the margin of the anus is about an inch in length, and constitutes theperinjEum. Just within the posterior commissure is a small, transverse fold, thefrenulum pudendi or fourchette, which is commonly ruptured in the first partu-rition, and the space between it and the comm

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