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birth canal

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birth canal
n.
The passageway through which the fetus is expelled during parturition, leading from the uterus through the cervix, vagina, and vulva.
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Noun1.birth canal - a passage in the uterus and vagina through which a fetus passes during vaginal birth
passageway, passage - a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages"
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The prolonged pressure of the baby's head in the birth canal killed tissue, causing a hole between the vagina and bladder or rectum.
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Modern women's birth canals are oval, change shape halfway down the birth canal so that they are widest from front to back at the bottom, near the pelvic outlet.
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