[Anatomical knowledge in relation to the female genitalia in adolescent girls]

The purpose of the research was to analyse drawings of the inside of the body and the female genital apparatus produced by 275 female adolescents aged 11 to 18, with particular interest in the quality and structural properties of the drawings and in the female genital elements best known to the subjects. The results reveal the presence of a progressive process of integration of the genital parts into the representation of the inside of the body and show how knowledge of the female genitals evolves in the age group considered.