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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:vagina orifice
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Accession:UBERON:0012317 term browser browse the term
Definition:The median slit located inferior and posterior to the external urethral orifice in the female; the exit for menstrual flow and birth and the entrance for the penis during sexual intercourse; the size and appearance of the vaginal orifice varies inversely with that of the hymen (G. membrane), a thin fold of mucous membrane that surrounds the vaginal orifice.
Synonyms:exact_synonym: opening of vagina;   orifice of vagina;   ostium vaginae;   vagina opening;   vaginal orifice
 related_synonym: introitus;   introitus of vagina;   vaginal introitus
 xref: EMAPA:37983;   FMA:19984;   Wikipedia:Vaginal_orifice



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    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          mesoderm-derived structure 0
            vagina orifice 0
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    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  presumptive structure 0
                    presumptive gut 0
                      digestive tract 0
                        cloaca 0
                          embryonic cloaca 0
                            primitive urogenital sinus 0
                              vagina 0
                                vagina orifice 0
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