Bartholin gland (greater vestibular, Duverny, Tiedemann or vulvovaginal gland)

Introduction

• one of the 2 mucus-secreting glands on either side of the lower part of the vagina
• equivalent of the bulbourethral gland in the male

Function

• lubrication of the vagina

Structure

• ensheathed by the ischiocavernosus muscles

More general terms

• gland

Additional terms

• Bartholin's cyst
• bartholinitis

Component of

• vagina