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In anatomy, the canal of the cervix (or endocervical canal, or cervical canal, or cervical canal of uterus, or cavity of cervix) is somewhat fusiform, flattened from before backward, and broader at the middle than at either extremity. The uterus or womb is the major female reproductive organ of most mammals, including humans. ...
The vagina, (from Latin, literally sheath or scabbard ) is the 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. ...
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Schematic frontal view of female anatomy The cervix (from Latin neck) is the lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina. ...
Fusiform is a spindle-like shape that tapers at both ends. ...
It communicates above through the internal orifice with the cavity of the body, and below through the external orifice with the vaginal cavity.
The wall of the canal presents an anterior and a posterior longitudinal ridge, from each of which proceed a number of small oblique columns, the palmate folds, giving the appearance of branches from the stem of a tree; to this arrangement the name arbor vitæ uterina is applied.
The folds on the two walls are not exactly opposed, but fit between one another so as to close the cervical canal.
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