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Research Notes on Vagina


The vagina (from Latin, literally "sheath" or "scabbard") is a fibromuscular tubular tract leading from the uterus to the exterior of the body in female placental mammals and marsupials, or to the cloaca in female birds, monotremes, and some reptiles. Female insects and other invertebrates also have a vagina, which is the terminal part of the oviduct. The Latinate plural (rarely used in English) is vaginae. ...Read more at Wikipedia

Fast Facts:

  • The vagina is an elastic muscular canal that extends from the cervix to the vulva.1
  • The vaginal tube points in an upward-backward direction and forms an angle of slightly more than 45 degrees with the uterus.1
  • The hymen is a thin membrane of connective tissue which is situated at the opening of the vagina.1

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Research Notes References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wikipedia: Vagina Facts

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