Vagina and Vestibule - Anatomy & Physiology

()Map REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (Map) FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT

Introduction

The vagina constitutes the cranial part of the female copulatory organ.

Anatomical Boundaries

Vagina

• Extends from the external ostium of the Uterus to the entrance of the Urethra.
• Long and thin walled.
• Located in the median position within the pelvic cavity.
• Located between the rectum dorsally and bladder ventrally.
• Mostly retroperitoneal, but the cranial parts are covered by peritoneum.

Cow & Mare

• Protruding cervix restricts the lumen of the cranial vagina to a ring-like space known as the fornix.