Look up labium or labia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Labium is the Latin word for lip. In English, it may refer to: Labium (botany), a modified...

Typically, together with the maxillae, the labium assists manipulation of food during mastication. The role of the labium in some insects, however, is adapted...

In primates, and specifically in humans, the labia majora (sg.: labium majus), also known as the outer lips or outer labia, are two prominent longitudinal...

The labia minora (Latin for 'smaller lips', sg.: labium minus), also known as the inner labia, inner lips, or nymphae, are two flaps of skin that are part...

instead referred to as the labia vulvae. Labium (plural labia) is a Latin-derived term meaning "lip". Labium and its derivatives (including labial, labrum)...

the outer edge of the labium. They also have palps, which are used to sense the characteristics of potential foods. The labium is a single structure,...

intimacy. The upper and lower lips are referred to as the labium superius oris and labium inferius oris, respectively. The juncture where the lips meet...

the jet around the labium results into a fluctuating force of the airflow on the labium. Following the third law of Newton the labium exerts an opposite...

In botany, the labellum (or lip) is the part of the flower of an orchid or Canna, or other less-known genera, that serves to attract insects, which pollinate...

and uterine tube. It passes through the inguinal canal to insert at the labium majus. The two round ligaments of uterus develop from the gubernaculum;...

the voicing. Some vessel flutes have a fipple to direct the air onto the labium edge, like a recorder. Others rely on the player's lips to direct the air...

S2, S3, and S4 extends between the uterus and the anus and into labium minus, labium majus and the clitoris Details From Sacral nerves S2, S3, S4 To Inferior...

except the labium are stylets, formed into a fascicle or bundle. Mouthparts of a female mosquito while feeding on blood, showing the flexible labium sheath...

mouth, where the vermillion border of the superior labium (upper lip) meets that of the inferior labium (lower lip). The commissure is important in facial...

used to chew up the plant matter that the larvae eat. The lower jaw, or labium, is weak, but may carry a spinneret, an organ used to create silk. The head...

is sheathed within a modified labium. The stylet is capable of piercing tissues and sucking liquids, while the labium supports it. The stylet contains...

lower jaw has a huge, extensible labium, armed with hooks and spines, which is used for catching prey. This labium is folded under the body at rest and...

large variety of behaviors. The insect mouthparts consist of the maxilla, labium, and in some species the mandibles.: 16  The labrum is a simple fused sclerite...

Time How an ocarina works: Air enters through the windway Air strikes the labium, producing sound Air pulses in and out of the ocarina, as the vessel resonates...

of the hernia contents for a woman is the labium majus on the same side, and hernias can enlarge one labium dramatically if they are allowed to progress...

and upper part of the scrotum (male), skin covering the mons pubis and labium majus (female). Motor innervation of the transverse abdominus and obliques...

is less mobile than in the adult. The mouthparts are modified, with the labium being adapted into a unique prehensile organ for grasping prey. Damselfly...

blood-flow), and the surgeon resects the tissues, and then sutures the cut labium minus or labia minora. This procedure is used by most surgeons because it...

different functions and the maxillae and labium can change in structure greatly. In bees, the maxillae and labium have been modified and fused to form a...

a variety of animals: In insects, the mentum is the distal part of the labium. The mentum bears the palps, glossae, paraglossae, and/or ligula. On the...

erotic novel, Story of O. The heroine, O, has a hole pierced through a labium, through which a stainless-steel ring is inserted. Another ring is linked...

the head, bears the eyes, the antennae, and the mouthparts (the labrum, labium, mandible, and maxilla make up the mouthparts). The second tagma, the thorax...

a pair of maxillae, each with a segmented palp. Adjoining these is the labium-hypopharynx which houses a tubular spinneret which is able to extrude silk...

Nefertiti piercing Location Clitoral hood, labium Jewelry Flexible bar...

Ams: Anterior median spinneret Ch: Chelicera L1-4: Coxae of leg 1-4 Lbi: Labium Pp: Coxa of pedipalp Pls: Posterior lateral spinneret St: Prosomal sternite...