The Sex Organs - The Female Sex Organs

The External Sex Organs

The Mons Veneris
The Mons Veneris (lat.: mountain of Venus) consists of fatty tissue under the skin just over the pubic bone. On the outside, the area is covered with pubic hair, which first develops during puberty, and which makes the mons veneris by far the most conspicuous part of the vulva.

The Major Lips
The major lips (lat. labia majora) are two thick and fatty folds of skin which extend from the mons Veneris downward, forming the outer borders of the vulva. On the outside, they are also covered with hair just as the mons Veneris. As the major lips usually lie close together, they seem to keep the other parts of the vulva covered.

The Minor Lips
Just beneath the major lips lie the minor lips (lat. labia minora). These are two thin folds of skin richly endowed with blood vessels and nerve endings. As a result, they are quite sensitive to the touch. The minor lips merge at the top forming a single fold of skin covering the glans of the clitoris. This fold is also called the foreskin or prepuce of the clitoris, or simply the clitoral hood.