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[WP]. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina ]
Term information
- EFO:0000976
- VHOG:0001138
- SCTID:181441005
- MAT:0000128
- NCIT:C12407
- BTO:0000243
- Wikipedia:Vagina
- MIAA:0000128
- UMLS:C0042232 (ncithesaurus:Vagina)
- MA:0000394
- CALOHA:TS-1103
- MESH:D014621
- EV:0100117
- EMAPA:18986
- FMA:19949
- GAID:381
- galen:Vagina
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Vaginal_opening_-_english_description.jpg
'The distal end of the oviducts differentiates as a vagina in Metatheria and Eutheria.' Liem KF, Bemis WE, Walker WF, Grande L, Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates: An Evolutionary Perspective, Third Edition (2001) Orlando Fla.: Harcourt College Publishers, p.688
The genital canal in the female, leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus. [TFD][VHOG]
Organ with organ cavity which connects the cervical canal of uterus to the vestibule of vagina.[FMA]
The distal end of the oviducts differentiates as a vagina in Metatheria and Eutheria.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- mesoderm-derived structure
- subdivision of oviduct
- contributes to morphology of some internal female genitalia
- develops from some primitive urogenital sinus
- part of some internal female genitalia
- upper part of vagina
- vaginal hymen
- vaginal sphincter
- vagina orifice
- wall of vagina
- muscular layer of vagina
- vagina squamous epithelium
- vagina smooth muscle
- fornix of vagina
- mucosa of vagina
- vaginal venous plexus
- lumen of vagina
- rugal fold of vagina
- vagina squamous cell
- lamina propria of vagina
- vagina sebaceous gland
- lower part of vagina
- vaginal vein
- epithelium of vagina