Error: This is required. Error: Not a valid value. If you have a problem with your labia, you may — like many women — feel too embarrassed to visit a doctor. They protect the clitoris, vagina and urethra and become engorged during sexual activity. There are 2 pairs of labia — the lips on the outside of the vagina, known as the labia majora, and the folds of skin on the inside that lead to the vagina, called the labia minora. The size, shape and colour of the labia are different in every woman.

The labia are part of the female genitalia ; they are the major externally visible portions of the vulva. In humans, there are two pairs of labia: the labia majora or the outer labia are larger and fattier, while the labia minora are folds of skin between the outer labia. The labia surround and protect the clitoris and the openings of the vagina and the urethra. Labium plural labia is a Latin -derived term meaning " lip ". Labium and its derivatives including labial, labrum are used to describe any lip-like structure, but in the English language, labium often specifically refers to parts of the vulva.

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It includes the clitoris, the labia majora the larger, outer lips around the vagina and labia minora the smaller, inner lips around the vagina. Vulvar cancer grows in the clitoris or labia. Each year, about women in Australia find out they have vulvar cancer. Around one in Australian women with cancer have vulvar cancer.