Editing Female Pelvis (section)

== External female genitalia ==

* '''Clitoris'''
** '''Bounded by the labia minora laterally, the prepuce dorsally, and the frenulum ventrally'''
** Composed of a root, body, and glans
** '''There are 2 corpora cavernosa''' '''that split as crura proximally to attach to the inferior ischiopubic rami and are surrounded by the ischiocavernosus.''' '''They fuse distally and''' '''terminate as the glans''', which is composed of spongy erectile tissue and is connected to the bulbs by bands of erectile tissue
* '''Labial fat pad'''
** '''Used in Martius flap'''
** '''Blood supply derives from:'''
**# '''Superiorly from the external pudendal artery'''
**# '''Laterally from the obturator artery'''
**# '''Inferiorly from the posterior labial vessels (branch of the Internal pudendal artery)'''

* '''Bartholin/vestibular glands'''
** At the end of each bulb and travel 2 cm to empty through the groove between the hymen and labia minora.
** '''These glands can become obstructed and present as Bartholin gland cysts.'''
** '''Analogous to bulbourethral/Cowper’s glands in men'''
* '''Lymphatic drainage of the vulva, clitoris, and labia minora is to the inguinal nodes'''
* '''Parasympathetic stimulation results in:'''
** '''Increased vaginal secretion'''
** '''Erection of the clitoris'''
** '''Engorgement of the erectile tissues'''