BIO 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Clitoral Hood, Labia Majora, Pubic Hair
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Women secondary sex structures: breasts: shape and function are to provide warmth and nutrients to offspring, pituitary gland: secretes hormones (prolactin and oxytocin) to stimulate milk production and let down. Women primary sex structures: vulva: women"s external genitalia. Mons veneris: pad of fatty tissue above the pubic bone. Labia majora: outer vaginal lips, extend downward from the mons. Labia minora: inner vaginal lips, join at the clitoral hood no pubic hair highly variable (color, size, appearance, length) deepen in color during arousal. Vestibule: tissue inside the labia minora, it surrounds the vaginal and urethral opening. Clitoral hood: fold of skin over the clitoris. Clitoris: area of high density of nerve endings contains glans and shaft: shaft: made of 2 corpora covernosa and 1 corpus spongium (found in both male and female genitals) erectile tissue that fills with blood during arousal. Hymen: tissue that covers (partially) the introitus. Crura: wraps around urethra, attaches clitoris to the pubic bone.
