Female External Genitalia

Group 4

MONS?PUBIS

It is made up of erectile tissue

and is richly supplied with nerves, making it the most erotically sensitive part of the A. female C. External Clitoris body? B. Vaginal orifice

urethral orifice D. Labia Minora

LABIA ? MAJORA

It refers to the outlet for urine

from the urinary bladder. A. Vulva

C. Perineum

B. External Urethral orifice

D. Vaginal orifice

LABIA ? MINORA

What is the singular name for

Labia Minora? A. Labium Minorius

C. Labium Minus

B. Labium Minius

D. Labium Minorus

CLITORIS ?

It is a pad of adipose tissue that

serves as a cushion between the female and her partner during sexual intercourse preventing injury to the underlying pubic bone? A. Vagina C. Perineum B. Mons Pubis

D. Pubic Hair

EXTERNAL URETHRAL ? ORIFICE

Literally means "larger lips“? A. Labia Minora

C. Anus

B. Vestibule

D. Labia Majora

VAGINAL ? ORIFICE

Refers to the space between the

labia minora into which the urethral opening and the vaginal opening open? A. Vestibule B. Urogenital -

triangle

C. Perineum D. Vagina

Group 4

Vulva or Pudendum - Refers to the external genital

organs of the female - All surfaces are lined by a moist stratified squamous epithelium except the mons pubis and labia majora.

Mons pubis/ Mons veneris The rounded prominence caused by a

pad of adipose tissue lying over the symphysis pubis in the female. It serves as a cushion between the female and her partner during sexual intercourse preventing injury to the underlying bone.  It is lined by dry epidermis with usually a covering of genital hairs.

Mons pubis/ Mons veneris It also contains sebaceous and sweat

glands. Some of the latter form a specialized type of gland called the apocrine glands. These glands release a secretion with a characteristic smell that increases sexual attraction.

Labia Majora The labia majora (literally "larger lips")

are bilateral folds of skin with underlying fat extending backwards from the mons pubis. Posteriorly, they merge into the perineum in front of the anus. Their outer surface becomes covered with hair at puberty. But the inner surface remains smooth, moistened by the secretions from the sebaceous and other glands deep

Labia Minora The labia minora are delicate flaps of

soft skin which lie within the labia majora. They may be of different sizes in different women and if large enough, may protrude from between the labia majora. Their inner surfaces remain in contact with each other. Anteriorly, they unite to enclose the clitoris between them, forming the prepuce and frenulum. The labia minora contains no

Clitoris The clitoris is present in the upper part

of the vestibule at the point where the two labia minor meet. It is a small cylindrical structure homologous to the penis in males. Like the male penis, it also has a glans, a prepuce and two corpora cavernosa which are attached to the pubic bones. The corpora constitute the body of the clitoris and end as the glans clitoridis.

Clitoris *prepuce clitoris - The loose fold of skin covering the glans clitoris which is formed by the juncture of the labia minora *glans clitoridis - The small central column or papilla of highly sensitive erectile tissue (corpora cavernosa), which will enlarge during sexual arousal due to an Autonomic NS reflex; it is situated at the anterior apex of the

Vulval Vestibule The vulval vestibule is the space

between the labia minora. It has the openings of the urethra, vagina, and ducts of the greater vestibular glands. The external urethral orifice is posterior to the clitoris. The vaginal orifice, immediately posterior to the urethral orifice, varies with the condition of the hymen.

Fourchette The labia minora join the labia majora

in their posterior extent and may be united by a transverse fold known as the frenulum of the labia, or fourchette or frenulum labiorum pudendi.

External urethral orifice The opening to the urethra which is

located within the vestibule of the vulva, posterior to the clitoris and anterior to the opening of the vagina It is the outlet for urine from the urinary bladder.

Vaginal orifice and Hymen Vaginal orifice is the opening of the

vagina The hymen is a thin membrane that partially covers the vaginal opening. If the hymen is extensive and is still present at first intercourse, it may be broken or stretched as the penis enters the vagina and some bleeding and pain may occur, although more typically its presence is unnoticed. The presence or absence of a

Perineum The perineum is the less hairy

cutaneous area lying between the vaginal orifice in front and the anus behind.

Bartholin's glands/ Greater vestibular glands/ vulvovaginal glands Although the Bartholin's glands were

first described by the Danish anatomist Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655– 1738), some sources mistakenly ascribe their discovery to his grandfather, theologian and anatomist Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585–1629).

Bartholin's glands/ Greater vestibular glands/ vulvovaginal glands Either of two compound tubuloalveolar

mucus-secreting glands situated in the lateral walls on each side of the vestibule of the vagina They secrete mucus to provide vaginal lubrication. Bartholin's glands secrete relatively minute amounts (one or two drops) of fluid just before a woman orgasms.

Skene's glands/ Paraurethral glands Named after physician who first

described them, Alexander Skene They drain into the urethra and near the urethral opening. These glands are surrounded with tissue, which includes the part of the clitoris that reaches up inside the vagina and swells with blood during sexual arousal.