Vaginal fornix

Fornix vaginae
Human female internal reproductive anatomy
Sagittal section of the lower part of a female trunk, right segment. SM. INT. Small intestine.
Gray's	subject #269 1264
Dorlands/Elsevier	f_14/12375460

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The fornices of the vagina are the deepest portions of the vagina, extending into the recesses created by the extension of the cervix into the vaginal space.

There are three named fornices:

• The posterior fornix is the larger recess, behind the cervix. It is close to the rectouterine pouch.
• There are two smaller recesses in front and at the sides:
  • the anterior fornix is close to the vesicouterine pouch.
  • the lateral fornix.

External links

• MedEd at Loyola Grossanatomy/dissector/practical/pelvis/pelvis14.html
• SUNY Labs 43:10-0201 - "The Female Pelvis: The Vagina"
• Histology at Boston University 19401loa - "Female Reproductive System: cervix, longitudinal"
• Human anatomy at Dartmouth figures/chapter_35/35-2.HTM

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