LIPS
\lˈɪps], \lˈɪps], \l_ˈɪ_p_s]\
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By William R. Warner
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Labia. (F.) Levres de la vulve, are folds belonging to the genital organs of the female and distinguished into- l. Labia pudendi seu Cunni seu majora, Episia, Aloe pudendi muliebris, Hytrocheilides, Rupes, Aloe majores, Cremnoi, (F.) Grandes Levres. These are two membranous folds, thicker above than below, which limic the vulva laterally, and extend from the inferior part of the mons veneris to the perinaeum. They unite anteriorly and posteriorly, forming commissures; the posterior of which is called Fourchette. Their outer surface is convex; formed of skin and covered with hair. The inner surface is white, and covered by a mucous membrane, continuous with that lining the other parts of the vulva. The space between the skin and mucous membrane is filled with a fatty tissue and fibrous bands, some fibres of the constrictor vaginae muscle, vessels, and nerves. We speak, also, of the lips of a wound, ulcer, etc., when alluding to the edges of these solutions of continuity.
By Robley Dunglison
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