| Mons pubis | |
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| Details | |
| Precursor | Genital tubercle |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | mons pubis |
| TA98 | A09.2.01.002 |
| TA2 | 3548 |
| FMA | 20218 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
In human anatomy, and in mammals in general, the mons pubis or pubic mound (also known simply as the mons /mɒnz/, and known specifically in females as the mons Venus or mons veneris)[1][2] is a rounded mass of fatty tissue found over the pubic symphysis of the pubic bones.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
- ^ a b New Oxford American Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2011.
The rounded mass of fatty tissue lying over the joint of the pubic bones, in women typically more prominent and also called the mons veneris.
- ^ a b Gould, A.M.; George Milbry, M.D (1894). An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Company. pp. 778–779. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
Mons pubis: the eminence in front of the body and horizontal ramus of the os pubis; it is called also, in the female, mons veneris.
- ^ "mons pubis". Merriam–Webster. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
A rounded eminence of fatty tissue on the pubic symphysis especially of the human female.
- ^ "mons pubis". American Heritage Dictionary. 2011. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
A rounded fleshy protuberance situated over the pubic bones that becomes covered with hair during puberty.
- ^ Zink, Christoph (1988). Dictionary of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co. p. 201. ISBN 3110857278. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
Pubic mount: mons pubis, in females mons veneris; the hairy region above the anterior commissure of the large labia or penis.
- ^ Basavanthappa, B.T. (2006). Textbook of Midwifery and Reproductive Health Nursing (1st ed.). New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers. pp. 23, 42, 791. ISBN 8180617998. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
[Female] mons pubis (mons veneris), labia majora and minora, clitoris, prepuce of clitoris, vestibule, fourchette, and perineum… [Male] mons pubis, penis, and scrotum… Hair-covered fat pad overlying the symphysis pubis.