Vaginal Canal Structure and Microbes

The vaginal canal is a muscular tube about 10 cm long. It serves as the entryway to the female reproductive system. It also allows menstrual flow and childbirth to pass through.

The inner wall of the vagina has folds called rugae. The top end is the fornix, which connects with the protruding cerv...

The vagina is a fibromuscular tube, about 3 to 4 inches long, located between the urinary bladder and the rectum.

The vaginal mucosa is made of areolar connective tissue, nonkeratinized stratified squamous epithelium, and macroscopic transverse folds or rugae.

There are dendritic cells in the vaginal mucosa that act as APCs. But th...