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vagina orifice

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The median slit located inferior and posterior to the external urethral orifice in the female; the exit for menstrual flow and birth and the entrance for the penis during sexual intercourse; the size and appearance of the vaginal orifice varies inversely with that of the hymen (G. membrane), a thin fold of mucous membrane that surrounds the vaginal orifice. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna MP:0001142 ]

Synonyms: orifice of vagina, vagina opening, vaginal orifice, opening of vagina, ostium vaginae

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pheno_slim

has related synonym

vaginal introitus, introitus, introitus of vagina

has broad synonym

introitus

id

UBERON:0012317

prefLabel

Orifice of vagina, vagina orifice