Vagina

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Vagina
Human female internal reproductive anatomy - profile view.
Latin	"sheath" or "scabbard"
Gray's	subject #269 1264
Artery	Iliolumbar artery, vaginal artery, middle rectal artery
Lymph	upper part to internal iliac lymph nodes, lower part to superficial inguinal lymph nodes
Precursor	urogenital sinus and paramesonephric ducts
MeSH	Vagina
Dorlands/Elsevier	v_01/12842531

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. Female insects and other invertebrates also have a vagina, which is the terminal part of the oviduct. The Latinate plural (rarely used in English) is vaginae.

In common speech, the term "vagina" is often used to refer to the vulva or female genitals generally; strictly speaking, the vagina is a specific internal structure and the vulva is the exterior genitalia only.