PSY354H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Imperforate Hymen, P73, Scrotum
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Chapter 3: page 59-85 (p60) vulva is the female external genitalia. Mons veneris is the front-most component of the vulva: a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic symphysis. Pubic symphysis is the junction of the left and right pubic bones, the front-most elements of the skeleton. The public hair helps vaporize odors that arise in specialized sweat glands, similar to those in the armpits, which may act as pheromones (p61) labia majora (outer lips) are the outer lips, which extend from the mons. The skin of the labia majora is often darker than the skin elsewhere, ad it is erotically sensitive, especially on the inner sides of the labia. Labia minora (inner lips) are located between the labia majora and immediately flanking the vestibule. Meet at the front forming the clitoral hood (covers the clitoris) and the area encircled by the labia is called the vestibule (potential space between the left and right labia minora)
