Labium majus
Labium majus pudendi
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Shown on the female body.
- What it is
- Rounded fold of hair-bearing skin over a pad of fat running back from the mons pubis; the two labia majora bound the pudendal cleft.
- Function
- Protect the vestibule with the urethral and vaginal openings.
- Size
- About 7–8 cm long, 2–3 cm wide and 1–1.5 cm thick.
- Clinical note
- Counterpart of the scrotum; the round ligament of the uterus ends in its fat.