Smegma
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Smegma is a cheesy substance composed of shed skin cells, skin oils, and moisture that occurs in male and female mammalian genitalia. In males, smegma collects under the foreskin; in females, it colle
Human vulva with visible smegma between the labia
Human penis with visible smegma behind the glans
Sebaceous gland
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A sebaceous gland or oil gland is a microscopic exocrine gland in the skin that opens into a hair follicle to secrete an oily or waxy matter, called sebum, which lubricates the hair and skin of mammal
Smegma
…In males, smegma collects under the foreskin; in females, it collects around the clitoris and in the folds of the labia minora. The accumulation of sebum combined with dead skin cells forms smegma. Smegma clitoridis is defined as the secretion of the apocrine (sweat) and sebaceous (sebum) glands of the…
Base of pilosebaceous unit
Insertion of sebaceous glands into hair shaft
Scalp cross section showing hair follicle with sebaceous glands
Example of a gular gland in a male black bonneted bat