. Woman : her sex and love life. 1. Openings into the Fallo-pian Mouth of the 36 THE FEMALE SEX ORGANS 37 spermatozoa may find it difficult or impossible toreach the opening of the womb—the external os. The entire cavity of the uterus is lined by a mu-cous membrane; * this mucous membrane is calledthe endometrium (endo—within; metra—uterus).An inflammation of the endometrium is called en-dometritis. It is the endometrium that is principallyconcerned in menstruation—that is, it is from it thatthe monthly discharge of blood comes. The Vagina [vagina in Latin—a sheath]. Thevagina
. Woman : her sex and love life. 1. Openings into the Fallo-pian Mouth of the 36 THE FEMALE SEX ORGANS 37 spermatozoa may find it difficult or impossible toreach the opening of the womb—the external os. The entire cavity of the uterus is lined by a mu-cous membrane; * this mucous membrane is calledthe endometrium (endo—within; metra—uterus).An inflammation of the endometrium is called en-dometritis. It is the endometrium that is principallyconcerned in menstruation—that is, it is from it thatthe monthly discharge of blood comes. The Vagina [vagina in Latin—a sheath]. Thevagina is the tube or canal which serves as a pas-sage-way between the uterus and the outside of thebody. It extends from the external genitals or vulvato the neck of the womb, embracing the latter forsome distance. It is a strong, fibromuscular canal,lined with mucous membrane. It is not smooth in-side, but arranged in folds, or rugce, so that whennecessary, as during childbirth, it can stretch enor-mously and permit the passage of a childs length of the vaginal canal is betw
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