Bartholin glands
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The Bartholin's glands (or greater vestibular glands) are paired pea-sized structures lying on either side of the vaginal opening and are homologous to the bulbourethral (Cowper's) glands in the male.
Gross anatomy
These glands are described as less than 1 cm in diameter and found behind the posterior ends of each vestibular bulb. Each gland opens into the posterolateral vaginal orifice (between the remnants of the hymen and the labia minorum) via a 2 cm long duct.
The secretory cells within the duct are columnar and secrete lubricating fluid especially during sexual arousal.
Related pathology
- Bartholin's cyst
- Bartholin's abscess
- tumours of Batholin's gland
- squamous cell carcinoma
- adenocarcinoma
- adenoid cystic carcinoma
-<p>The <strong>Bartholin's glands</strong> (or <strong>greater vestibular glands</strong>) are paired pea-sized structures lying on either side of the vaginal opening and are homologous to the <a title="bulbourethral glands" href="/articles/bulbourethral-glands">bulbourethral (Cowper's) glands</a> in the male.</p><h4>Gross anatomy</h4><p>These glands are described as less than 1 cm in diameter and found behind the posterior ends of each vestibular bulb. Each gland opens into the posterolateral vaginal orifice (between the remnants of the hymen and the labia minorum) via a 2 cm long duct. </p><p>The secretory cells within the duct are columnar and secrete lubricating fluid especially during sexual arousal.</p><h4>Related pathology</h4><ul>- +<p>The <strong>Bartholin's glands</strong> (or <strong>greater vestibular glands</strong>) are paired pea-sized structures lying on either side of the vaginal opening and are homologous to the <a href="/articles/bulbourethral-glands">bulbourethral (Cowper's) glands</a> in the male.</p><h4>Gross anatomy</h4><p>These glands are described as less than 1 cm in diameter and found behind the posterior ends of each vestibular bulb. Each gland opens into the posterolateral vaginal orifice (between the remnants of the hymen and the labia minorum) via a 2 cm long duct. </p><p>The secretory cells within the duct are columnar and secrete lubricating fluid especially during sexual arousal.</p><h4>Related pathology</h4><ul>
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- Gynaecology
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