. Woman : her sex and love life. 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 st
. Woman : her sex and love life. 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 between three andfive inches, but it is in general much more capaciousin women that have borne one or more children thanin those who have not borne any. Near the vaginal entrance are situated two smallglands; they are about the size of a pea, and secrete * Mucous membrane—briefly a membrane which secretes mucus orsome other
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