Tags: Anatomical Structure.
The pudendal cleft (also called the cleft of Venus pudendal fissure pudendal cleavage pudendal slit urogenital cleft vulvar slit rima vulvae or rima pudendi) is a part of the vulva the furrow at the base of the mons pubis where it divides to form the labia majora. The name cleft of Venus is a reference to the Roman goddess of love Venus.In human females the clitoral hood and labia minora protrude into the pudendal cleft to a greater or lesser extent.