Title: Anatomy, descriptive and applied
Identifier: anatomydescript00gray (find matches)
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Gray, Henry, 1825-1861; Spitzka, Edward Anthony, 1876-1922
Subjects: Anatomy
Publisher: Philadelphia, New York, Lea & Febiger
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons

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1418 THE UBINOGENITAL ORGANS rounded nodular elevations known as the carunculae myrtiformes (canmculae hymenales) are found as the remains of the structure. The clitoris (Figs. 1191, 1192) is an erectile structure which is the morpho- logic homologue of the penis; unlike the penis, however, it is not traversed by the urethra. It is situated beneath the anterior commissure (or mons Veneris) and is partly hidden between the anterior extremities of the labia minora. It is com- posed of a body and two crura; the extremity of the body is surmounted by a small glans.
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-Sagittal section of the lower part of a female trunk, right segment. SM, INT. Small intestine. (Testut.) The body of the clitoris, composed of erectile tissue, is about an inch and a quarter in length (3 cm.), and is bent upon itself so that the angle opens downward. It tapers toward the glans, is enclosed by a dense fibrous coat, and is divided by an incomplete septum corporum cavemosorum into two semicylindrical corpora cavernosa clitoridis, homologous with the corpora cavernosa of the male. A sus- ■ pensory ligament passes from the pubic symphysis to the fibrous coat of the body of the clitoris. Each corpus cavernosum diverges from its fellow to form the eras clitoridis. Each crus is attached to the pubic arch (pubis and ischium) and is covered by the Ischiocavernosus muscle (in. erector clitoridis).

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