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]
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.
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.
A rounded eminence of fatty tissue on the pubic symphysis especially of the human female.
A rounded fleshy protuberance situated over the pubic bones that becomes covered with hair during puberty.
Pubic mount: mons pubis, in females mons veneris; the hairy region above the anterior commissure of the large labia or penis.
[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.