Obstetrics : A manual for students and practitioners / By Charles W. Hayt.

  • Hayt, Charles W.
Date:
1892
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    OBSTETRICS. CHAPTER I. FEMALE ORGANS OF GENERATION. >7ame and describe the external organs of generation. They are organs essentially intended for copulation, and consist of— 1. The Mons Veneris^ which is a firm cushion-hke eminence above the pubes, composed of skin, fat, connective tissue, blood-vessels, and nerves. It has many sebaceous and sweat-glands upon it, and is covered with hair. Its use is as a cushion for the male during copulation and to pre- vent injury from blows. There is no mons until puberty (Fig. 1, /). 2. The Labia Majora are the external or great lips. They are two folds of skin extending from the median line of the mons veneris ante- riorly, to terminate posteriorly in what is called the fourchette, which is situated at the anterior portion of the perineum, and is nearly always torn at the first labor. They are made up of adipose tissue, blood-ves- sels, and nerves, and have both a cutaneous and mucous covering. Deeply within them are situated the vulvo-vaginal glands. In the vir- gin the labia majora are in apposition, but after childbirth they become more or less separated (Fig. 1, a). 3. The Labia 3Iinora, or Nymphae, are the internal or lesser lips. They are two moist folds of mucous membrane seen in separating the labia majora. They arise by two roots. The superior pair are thick and fleshy, and together form the hood or prepuce of the clitoris. The in- ferior pair are thin, and form the frenum of the clitoris. In very young children the nymphae project be.yond the vulva (Fig. 1, &). 4. The Clitoris is a reddish tubercle situated about half an inch be- hind the anterior commissure of the labia majora. It is made up of the glans clitoridis and the two corpora cavernosa, which are separated from each other by a fibrous septum. The nerve-supply is large, and on this account it is supposed to be the chief seat of voluptuousness in the female (Fig. 1, d). ^ 5. The Vestibule is a triangular surface bounded by the nj^mphae on either side and the clitoris above (Fig. 1, c).