Labia minora

Gyn Normal external appearance of labia minora and majora, vaginal walls within normal limits, cervix well visualized and without lesions, midposition uterus, no cervical motion tenderness, no adnexal masses palpated... 

Eccrine glands can be found on the entire body surface of humans, except for the lips, external ear canal, clitoris, and labia minora. These glands play an important role in thermoregulation, which is necessary for fluid and electrolyte homeostasis. They secrete a milky or oily odorless liquid which produces the characteristic body smell after metabolism through surface bacteria of the skin. 

Eccrine (merocrine) sweat glands are simple tubular glands that open directly onto the skin surface (Figure 35.1). In humans, they are found over the entire body surface except for the lips, external ear canal, clitoris, and labia minora. Myoepithelial cells located in the secretory portion of these glands are specialized smooth muscle cells, which, upon contraction, aid in moving the secretions toward the duct. The eccrine sweat gland duct is comprised of two layers of cuboidal epithelium... 

Labia minora Increase in size, deeper in color Contractions of proximal portion Return to normal... 

The process of partitioning then spreads cau-dally into the external cloaca. The perineal mound (i.e., the tip of the urorectal septum) separates the urogenital sinus from the anus. The inner genital folds proliferate to form the perineum and the labia minora, whereas the outer genital folds develop into the labia majora. 

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