PSYC 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mons Pubis, Sexual Stimulation, Urethra
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A mound of fatty tissue that covers the joint of the pubic bones in front of the body, below the abdomen and above the clitoris (also known as the mons pubis, or simply the mons). Large folds of skin that run downward from the mons along the sides of the vulva. Hairless, light-colored membranes, located between the labia majora. A female sex organ consisting of a shaft and glans located above the urethral opening. Masses of spongy tissue in the clitoral shaft that become engorged with blood and stiffen in response to sexual stimulation. The fold of skin covering the glans of the clitoris (or penis). Similar in structure; developing from the same embryonic tissue. The opening through which urine passes from the female"s body. A fold of tissue across the vaginal opening that is usually present at birth and remains at least partly intact until a woman engages in coitus.
