The paired glands located slightly posterior and to the left and right of the opening of the vagina in the superficial perineal pouch in females; they secrete mucus to lubricate the vagina and are homologous to bulbourethral (Cowper's) glands in males. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna MP:0011787 ]
Synonyms: Tiedemann's gland Bartholin's gland vulvovaginal gland Bartholin gland
Term information
- GAID:384
- FMA:9598
- Wikipedia:Bartholin's_gland
- SCTID:362244005
- BTO:0003115
- MA:0002936
- MESH:D001472
- EMAPA:36429
- NCIT:C12675
pheno_slim, organ_slim
greater vestibular glands of Bartholin
glandula vestibularis major
Duverney's gland
greater vestibular gland
Term relations
- lateral structure
- exocrine gland of integumental system
- vestibular gland
- mucous gland
- mesoderm-derived structure
- develops from some primitive urogenital sinus
- part of some integumental system
- in lateral side of some external female genitalia
- sexually_homologous_to some bulbo-urethral gland
- produces some mucus
- part of some exocrine system