Vestibular bulbs

Looks like

Two pads of erectile tissue under the inner lips, either side of the opening.

What it does

Fill with blood in arousal and narrow the entrance.

Keeping it well

Nothing needed; they are the tissue a bulbospongiosus squeeze acts on.

Related conditions

• Bartholin's cyst and abscess
• Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
• Female genital mutilation (FGM)
• Lichen sclerosus
• Thrush & bacterial vaginosis
• Vulval cancer
• Vulvodynia and vaginismus