FRHD 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Urology, Prolactin, Vaginal Lubrication

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2100
• Professor: Tuuli Kukkonen

Document Summary

Chapter 3 female and male anatomy and physiology. Vulva: the external sexual structures of the female, consists of mons veneris, labia majora, labia minora, clitoris. Mons veneris: a mound of fatty tissue that covers the pubic bone (the joining of the pelvic bones at the front of the body, below the abdomen and above the clitoris). Also known as mons pubis, or mons at puberty it becomes covered with pubic hair. Cushions a womans body during sexual intercourse, protecting her and partner from pressure against pubic bone caused by thrusting motions. Large folds of skin that run downward from the mons along the sides of the vulva. Thick and bulging in some women, and thinner and flatter in others: when close together, it shields the labia minora and erethral and vaginal openings. Covered with pubic hair, arker than skin on thighs and labia minora.