AGE PECULIARITIES OF MINOR GLANDS OF THE VAGINAL VESTIBULE

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to obtain data on the age characteristics of the glands of vaginal vestibule in women in terms of relative norm.The macromicroscopic method was used to study the small glands of the vestibule of the vagina in 84 female corpses from theneonatal period to the old age (inclusive). Total preparations of the vaginal vestibule glands were stained using the R.D. Sinelnikov’s method. The total number of small glands, their shape, the length and width of their initial part, the diameter of their common excretory duct were determined. The results showed that on total preparations of the walls of the vestibule of the vagina, the glands take the shape of dark-blue compact formations, which are located against the light pink background of the surrounding organ wall. In newborn girls, the glandular apparatus of the vaginal vestibule is structurally formed. The maximum sizes of glands of the vagina are defined in the 1st period of mature age. Expansion of the excretory ducts of the glands occurs sequentially throughout postnatal ontogenesis. The diameter of the common duct of the small glands of the vestibule, regardless of age, increases in the vestibule walls in the anterior-posterior direction.