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. [ MP:0001142 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]
Synonyms: orifice of vagina vaginal orifice vagina opening opening of vagina ostium vaginae
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- orifice
- reproductive structure
- mesoderm-derived structure
- contributes to morphology of some vagina
- part of some vagina