Vulva

Looks like

The outer female genitals: the mound, two outer and two inner lips, the clitoris and the vestibule.

What it does

Protects the openings, and carries most of the nerve endings for sexual sensation.

Keeping it well

Wash with water, cotton underwear, no douching; itching or a white patch that lasts needs a doctor.

Its parts

• Mons pubis
• Labia
• Clitoris
• Vestibular bulbs
• Bartholin's glands
• Skene's (paraurethral) glands

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