Also known as the Skene's glands or the paraurethral glands, in 2001 the Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology officially renamed these structures the "female prostate".

在2001年联邦委员会解剖术语小组正式将这种组织更名为“女性前列腺”，在此前这个也被称为斯金腺体或尿道旁腺。