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The inner and outer aspects of the labia minora are covered with non‐hair‐bearing skin, but sebaceous glands are still found, which open directly onto the skin. Eccrine glands are rarely seen. The dermis of the labia minora is composed mainly of elastic fibres and blood vessels with a rich innervation. The arrangement of blood vessels within the labia minora forms erectile tissue similar to that in the penile corpus spongiosus, their embryological counterpart in the male.

The epithelium on the inner aspects of the labia minora is still keratinised, but medially it merges with the vestibule, and this transition is seen clinically as Hart’s line.