The numerous mucous-secreting glands found in several female mammalian species (including rodents and humans) on the anterior wall of the vagina, around the lower end of the urethra, and possessing a common paraurethral duct which opens (on each side) near the external urethral orifice; they are homologous with the prostate gland in males, have highly variable anatomy, and are believed to be the source of the female ejaculate, a lubricating fluid with a similar consistency to male prostatic fluid that is expelled through the urethra during sexual stimulation; like the male prostate, these glands are susceptible to infection (skenitis), cyst development, and cancer. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna MP:0011793 ]
Synonyms: Skene gland Skene's gland para-urethral gland urethral gland of clitoral urethra periurethral gland female prostate
Term information
- SCTID:264125007
- EMAPA:36133
- Wikipedia:Skene%27s_gland
- NCIT:C12339
- EMAPA:36134
- UMLS:C0221315 (ncithesaurus:Paraurethral_Gland)
- FMA:20083
pheno_slim
in MP female urethral gland, Skene gland and paraurethral gland are exact syns. Note that NCITA seems to use the term in a more generic way, as a parent for skene gland, cowper gland (which may be the same as the male bulbo-urethral gland)
Schueller's gland
glandulae vestibulares minores
Guerin's gland
glandula vestibulares minor
U-spot
Skene's gland of clitoral urethra
female urethral gland