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===Pudendal cleft=== [[File:Vulva - front view.png|thumb|Front view of the vulva. Pudendal cleft at 3.]] The labia majora constitute the lateral boundaries of the '''pudendal cleft'''. The pudendal cleft, also known as the '''vulvar cleft''' or '''cleft of Venus''' ('''''rima vulvae''''' or '''''rima pudendi''''' in Latin),<ref>{{cite book|last=Gould| first=George M.|title=Gould's Pocket Pronouncing Medical Dictionary|editor=Brownslow, C. V|publisher=P. Blakinston's Son & C., Inc. |year=1936|edition=10}}</ref> is a vertical fissure between the labia majora starting at the basal point of the [[mons pubis]]. After puberty, the clitoral hood and the labia minora can protrude into the pudendal cleft to a variable degree.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hennekam |first1=RC |last2=Allanson |first2=JE |last3=Biesecker |first3=LG |last4=Carey |first4=JC |last5=Opitz |first5=JM |last6=Vilain |first6=E |title=Elements of morphology: standard terminology for the external genitalia. |journal=American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A |date=June 2013 |volume=161A |issue=6 |pages=1238β63 |doi=10.1002/ajmg.a.35934 |pmid=23650202|pmc=4440541 }}</ref>
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