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GENITO-UEINAKY REGIONS. 



In females the ureters and kidneys can be examined in the same 

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through the vagina. About 2 or 2^ inches from the vulva on the floor 

 of the vagina is the entrance to the urethra, covered with a special valve. 

 The meatus becomes visible by separating the lips of the vulva and the 



