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Certainly my job would be easier if the medical world didn’t use so many Latin terms, which I then have to explain to you — especially because I never took Latin. But because those words apply here, I suggest that you look at Figure 3-1 before embarking on this journey into the female anatomy. That way, you’ll have a better feel for what I’m describing as we proceed, and you won’t get lost on some side road.

Illustration by Kathryn Born

FIGURE 3-1: The vulva: one cylinder, and it’s not made in Sweden.

The part of the female genitals that you can see is called the vulva, which lies between the mons pubis and the anus. The mons pubis (also called mons veneris, which in Latin stands for “mound of Venus”) is a layer of fatty tissue that lies above the pubic bone, basically acting as a bumper. That part of the female is easily identified because it’s covered with pubic hair. The anus is … oh, you know what an anus is because, whichever sex you are, you have one. And the area between the genital organ and the anus is called the perineum. In many people, both women and men, this is a sensitive spot.