Editing Bartholin's gland (section)

==Function==
Bartholin's glands secrete [[mucus]] to provide [[vaginal lubrication]] during [[sexual arousal]].<ref name=lee/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://anatomy.uams.edu/anatomyhtml/ugtriangle.html | title = Viscera of the Urogenital Triangle | publisher = University of Arkansas Medical School | access-date = 2007-07-23 | archive-date = 2010-07-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100715142046/http://anatomy.uams.edu/anatomyhtml/ugtriangle.html | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Chrétien|first=F.C.|author2=Berthou J.|date=September 18, 2006|title=Crystallographic investigation of the dried exudate of the major vestibular (Bartholin's) glands in women.|journal=Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol|volume=135|issue=1|pages=116–22|doi=10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.06.031|pmid=16987591}}<!--|access-date=2007-07-23--></ref> The fluid may slightly moisten the labial opening of the vagina, serving to make contact with this sensitive area more comfortable.<ref name="Discovery health">{{cite web|url=http://health.discovery.com/centers/sex/sexpedia/bartholins.html|title=Bartholin's Gland|publisher=Discovery Health|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804023201/http://health.discovery.com/centers/sex/sexpedia/bartholins.html|archive-date=2008-08-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fluid from the Bartholin's glands is combined with other vaginal secretions as a "lubrication fluid" in the amount of about 6 grams per day, and contains high [[potassium]] and low [[sodium]] concentrations relative to [[blood plasma]], with a [[acid|slightly acidic]] [[pH]] of 4.7.<ref name="pastor">{{cite journal |last1=Pastor |first1=Zlatko |last2=Chmel |first2=Roman |title=Differential diagnostics of female 'sexual' fluids: a narrative review |journal=International Urogynecology Journal |date=May 2018 |volume=29 |issue=5 |pages=621–629 |doi=10.1007/s00192-017-3527-9 |pmid=29285596 |s2cid=5045626 }}</ref>