Identifier: system01mann (find matches)
Title: A system of gynecology
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Mann, Matthew D. (Matthew Darbyshire), 1845-1921
Subjects: Women
Publisher: Philadelphia, Lea brothers & co.
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

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both the vulva and vagina, while the pad of fat over the symphysispubis, known as the mons Veneris, has no function whatever in connec-tion with generation,3 but will be mentioned first on account of itsarchitectural prominence. 1 Le vulve est lensemble des parties genitales externes de la femme;soQuainsAnatomy, last ed. : All the parts perceptible externally. 1 The term vulva is not sufficiently exact, since it has been applied by somewriters to the rima pudendi, by others to all the parts surrounding the entrance tothe vagina and situated anterior to the hymen or caruncles. Etymologically, thevulva (valvula) includes the greater labia only; and this was its original meaning,according to ancient writers. s Comp. Tarnier, Charpentier, and Tillaux. MONS VENERIS. 97 Mons Veneris.Synonyms.—Mount of love; Fr., mont de Venus, pehil, emi-nenoe sus-pubienne; Ger., Schamhiigel; It, monte di Venere; %,monte de Venn.-.Definition.—The mons is a somewhat triangular area or projection Fig. 37.
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nvn,rT ^ ^2 P™***) ■ »• *• ^ia majora : 2, dans elitoridis; 3, the nymphs -i, prsepuUum elitoridis; 5, frsenulum cUtoridis; 6, frenulum nympharunv 6hymen: 8, orifice oi the glands of Duverney; 9, tuberculum vaginas, 10, meatus urethra! situated in front of the symphysis pubis. It is covered with a thickgrowth of coarse hair. The triangular area mentioned is continuous at its apex with theUpper extremities of the labia majora, while its base is defined by agroove at the lower limit of the hypogastrium, which is more or lessBharply denned according to the amount of adipose tissue in the ab-dominal wall. Laterally, the elevation melts awav gradually towardthe inguinal folds, which form its extreme lateral boundaries. Themons cannot be regarded as in any sense an independent structure,Since it is merely an imperfectly circumscribed collection of fat, sup-ported by connective tissue, varying in prominence to different subjectsThe intcgumcu over this region is thicker than that cov

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