{"id":64928,"date":"2020-12-09T10:17:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T10:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=64928"},"modified":"2023-09-25T10:31:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T10:31:05","slug":"labia-minora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/labia-minora\/","title":{"rendered":"Labia minora"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The inner or lesser lips of the female genitalia or vulva labia majora.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Two small fleshy folds on the inside edge of the vulva.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Labium minus, two folds of skin that form the inner smaller lips of the female genitalia, extending from the clitoris backwards on each side of the vaginal opening, inside the labia majora.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The two thin folds of integument that lie between the labia majora. They enclose the vestibule. Anteriorly each divides into two smaller folds that unite with similar folds from the other side and enclose the clitoris, the more anterior one forming the prepuce (preputium clitoridis) of the clitoris and the posterior one the frenulum clitoridis. In young girls, they are hidden entirely by the labia majora.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654] sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>Labia minora, also referred to as the inner lips, are delicate folds of tissue located between the labia majora. They are positioned on either side of the urethral and vaginal openings.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-3\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>The two layers of mucous membrane located on either side of the vulva, inside the labia majora.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inner or lesser lips of the female genitalia or vulva labia majora. Two small fleshy folds on the inside edge of the vulva. Labium minus, two folds of skin that form the inner smaller lips of the female genitalia, extending from the clitoris backwards on each side of the vaginal opening, inside the labia [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-l"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Labia minora - Definition of Labia minora<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The inner or lesser lips of the female genitalia or vulva labia majora.Two small fleshy folds on the inside edge of the vulva.Labium minus, two folds of skin that form the inner smaller lips of the female genitalia, extending from the clitoris backwards on each side of the vaginal opening, inside the labia majora.The two thin folds of integument that lie between the labia majora. 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