URINARY SYSTEM AND MALE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT
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stimulate ovulation
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help to lubricate the vagina
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produce milk
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produce estrogen
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Bartholin’s glands (or greater vestibular glands) are important organs of the female reproductive system. Danish anatomist Caspar Bartholin Secundus first described them in 1677. [1] Their primary function is the production of a mucoid secretion that aids in vaginal and vulvar lubrication.
Detailed explanation-2: -The glands are located in the vulvar vestibule, at either side of the external orifice of the vagina. They are homologous to the bulbourethral (Cowper’s) glands in males.
Detailed explanation-3: -’ The ducts of the ‘greater vestibular (Bartholin’s) glands’ drain into the vestibule at the posterior margin of the vaginal introitus. These glands secrete mucus into the vestibule during sexual arousal. The minute openings of the small ‘lesser vestibular glands’ are between the urethral and vaginal orifices.