3.4 FGT: Vagina (Birth Canal)

VAGINA/birth canal

• It is a dilatable canal extending from the uterus to the vestibule

• Part of reproductive tract between the cervix and the vulva

• With the vestibule and vulva, it is the female’s copulatory organ (it receives the penis during copulation

Vaginal fornix

Urethral opening

limitations of the vagina (2)

Vaginal fornix

cranial limitation and the deepest part of the vagina; it lies ventral and cranial to the cervix

Urethral opening

cranial to this is the caudal limitation of the vagina; it is demarcated from the vestibule by a transverse mucosal ridge

Vaginal artery (formerly urogenital)

Pudendal nerve

Pelvic plexus

name the vessels and nerves of the vagina (3)