In forensic medicine, it is recommended by health authorities that a physician who must swab near this area of a prepubescent girl avoid the hymen and swab the outer vulval vestibule instead.
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Symptoms of vulvar cancer include itching, a lump or sore on the vulva which does not heal and / or grows larger, and sometimes discomfort / pain / swelling in the vulval area.
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This variation has also been evidenced in a large display of 400 vulval casts called the " Great Wall of Vagina " created to fill the lack of information of what a normal vulva looks like.
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On the vulva it is termed VIN ( vulvar or vulval intraepithelial neoplasia ); on the penis, PIN ( penile intraepithelial neoplasia ); and on or around the anus, AIN ( anal intraepithelial neoplasia ).
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A number of vaginal, anal, and vulval swabs were taken by the pathologist, and subsequent forensic examination confirmed the presence of semen, from which the underwear was found nearby, and subsequently tested negative for traces of semen.
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The vulva of a tiny worm might seem of little interest to anyone but worm biologists and male worms, but the cell signaling mechanisms involved in organizing the vulval cells have turned out to be the same as those used in certain human cells.
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"B . xylophilus " is distinguished by three characteristics : the spicule is flattened into a disc-shaped " cucullus " at the tip, the front vulval lip is flap-like, and the tail of the female is rounded.
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It can be distinguished by its body length ( averaging ); its pharynx and tail lengths; its possession of an excretory pore; exhibiting body pores and scant somatic setae; a striated cuticle carrying sparse anastomoses; as well as protruding vulval lips, among other characteristics.
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As such, the horseshoe is related to other magically protective doorway-goddesses, such as the Irish sheela-na-gig, and to lunar protectresses such as the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is often shown standing on a crescent moon and placed within a vulval mandorla or vesica pisces.
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As she observes, the female perineal urethra is embedded in the anterior vaginal wall and is surrounded by erectile tissue in all directions except posteriorly where it relates to the vaginal wall . " The distal vagina, clitoris, and urethra form an integrated entity covered superficially by the vulval skin and its epithelial features.
