Scēaþ
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'''Scēaþ''' heald ecg oþþe stralas.  Scēað is oftost leðren oþðe trēoƿen oþþe īsernen.

Ēac brycþ man þis ƿord for oðrum ðingum gelic ƿīfmannes cƿīþ ([[mǣgðblād]]).

<!--(in Nīwe Englisc "vagina", fram [[Lǣden]] ''vāgīna'') bið [[:wiktionary:fibromuscular|seonulīrlic]] pīpe þe bið [[sceap]] and hæfð twā nota; [[hæmed]] and [[cennes]]. In men, þes þurhgang lǣdeð fram þǣm geatu þæs mægþblædes tō þǣre wambe, ac sēo scēaþlice pīpe endð æt þǣre [[scēaþhealse]]. Ungelīce werum, hwā hæfð ānlic ān cennedlic þyrel, wīf hæfð twēgen, se hlandpæð and sēo scēaþ. Þæt scēaþlic geat bið micel numolra þonne þǣm [[urethra|hlandpæðlicum geate]], and ǣghwæðer geatu sind neriende mid þǣm [[scēaþlippum]].<ref>Clinical pediatric urology: A. Barry Belman, Lowell R. King, Stephen Alan Kramer (2002)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2GZ7N4wOeGYC&pg=PA221&dq=&hl=en&sa=X&ei=--UzT_yKD6Gn0QWg_oSrAg&ved=0CEUQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=&f=false |title=Health and Wellness for Life |publisher=Books.google.co.uk |date=2009-05-15 |accessdate=2012-06-11}}</ref> Þæt innra mōt þǣre scēaþe hæfð fealdig fēlung þe cann scieppan gnīding mid þǣm [[human penis|pintele]] āmang hæmede. Āmang āwæcnung, sēo scēaþ wīerþ wǣt tō helpanne þone ingang þæs pinteles.<ref>[http://site.themarriagebed.com/biology/her-plumbing the female genitals] retrieved 23 February 2012</ref>

== Plæse and geweorc ==
Sēo [[mennisc]] scēaþ bið ābȳgendlicne seonulīrlicne gang þe feorlǣdð fram þǣre [[scēaþhealse]] tō þǣm [[mægþblæde]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womenshealth.gov/glossary/#vagina |title=Glossary |publisher=womenshealth.gov |date=2011-06-08 |accessdate=2011-08-18}}</ref> Þæt innra webb þǣre scēaþ bestændð ūt of [[stratified squamous epithelium]]. Beneoðan þissum webbe bið scēat [[smēðan seonulīran]], þe mæg āclungen āmang hæmede and cennse. Beneoðan þǣm seonulīran bið scēat [[gebundenes webbes]] clipod [[adventitia]].<ref name="Wheater">{{Cite book | editor-last=Young | editor-first=B | title=Wheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas | publisher=Elsevier | year=2006 | page=377 | edition=5th | isbn=978-0443068508 }}</ref>

Þēah þǣr bið gēap [[anatomical variation]], sēo langnes þǣre unāwreccedre scēaþe wīfes cildberunges ielde bið nēahlic 6 oþ 7.5&nbsp;cm (2.5 to 3 in) andlang þǣm forðmestum wealle, and 9&nbsp;cm (3.5&nbsp;in) lang andlang þǣm hindemum wealle.<ref>Gray's Anatomy</ref> Āmang āwæcnung, sēo scēaþ wīerþ numol.<ref name="engenderhealth.org">{{cite web | url = http://www.engenderhealth.org/res/onc/sexuality/response/pg2.html | work = EngenderHealth | title = The sexual response cycle | accessdate = 2007-10-13 }}</ref> Hire ābȳgendlicnes lǣtð hīe tō ābrǣdanne āmang [[hæmede]] and [[cennse]].<ref>http://www.metrokc.gov/HEALTH/famplan/flash/grades11-12/G1112-L17.pdf</ref> Sēo scēaþ bindeþ þæt superficial mægþblæd tō þǣm scēaþhealse þǣre dēopre [[wambe]].

Gif þǣm wīfe stændð ūpriht, sēo scēaþlice pīpe ligð in ūpbæc rihtung and macað [[angel]] þæs slihtlicra māra þonne 45 grāda mid þǣre wambe. Sēo scēaþlic geat bið æt [[Caudal (anatomical term)|hindan]] ende þæs mægþblæde, æt hindan þǣm geate þæs [[hlandpæðes]]. The ūplic ān-fēorðe þǣre scēaþe bið āðīeded fram þǣm [[innefaran]] ymb ūtan þǣm [[recto-uterine pohan]]. Ābūfan þǣre scēaþe bið the [[Mons pubis]]. Sēo scēaþ, and ēac se innoþ þæs mægþblædes, bið rēod in hīwe, swā sind mǣst æltǣwe innra slīmhȳde in sycedēore. Līne hrycges macod æt fealdung þæs wealles þæs ūtera þrid þǣre scēaþ bið clipod se scēaþlic [[fealdung]]. Hīe sind þweorh [[þiccewebblic]] hrycgas and hira not bið to gebēodanne sēo scēaþ mid īeced oferborde rūme æfter ābrǣdanung.

[[Scēaþlic smierwung]] bið giefen æt the [[Bartholin's gland]]s nēah þǣre scēaþlicum geatum and sēo scēaþheals. The membrane þæs scēaþlic wealles ēac macað wǣta, þēah it ne nimð ǣnig glands.  Ǣr and āmang [[ovulation]], sēo [[scēaþhealse]] slīm glands ofscǣdð syndrig variations [[slīmes]], þe giefð an alkaline ymbhwyrft in þǣre scēaþlicum gange þe bið gōd tō se nesanung þæs [[sǣdes]]. "Vaginal lubrication typically decreases as women age, but this is a natural physical change that does not normally mean there is any physical or psychological problem. After [[menopause]], the body produces less estrogen, which, unless compensated for with estrogen replacement therapy, causes the vaginal walls to thin out significantly."<ref name="Vagina">{{cite web|title=Vagina|publisher=health.discovery.com|accessdate=February 11, 2012|url=http://health.howstuffworks.com/sexual-health/female-reproductive-system/vagina-definition1.htm}}</ref>

Þæt [[mægþhēafod]] bið a membrane webbes þe ymbseteð oþþe dǣlwīs þecð þæt ūtera scēaþlic geat. Se webb mæg oþþe ne mæg bēon scieran mid scēaþlican prican. Hē cann ēac bēon scieran mid [[Childbirth|cennse]], a [[pelvic examination]], clace, oþþe plegum. Se ofwesendenes þæs mægþhēafod ne mæg ingefeallan ærlic gemānalic weorc.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Rogers DJ, Stark M |year=1998 |month=August |title=The hymen is not necessarily torn after sexual intercourse |journal=BMJ |volume=317 |page=414 |url=http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/317/7155/414 |pmid=9694770 |pmc=1113684 |issue=7155 }}</ref> Similarly, its presence may not indicate a lack of prior sexual activity.

== Weorcung ==
Sēo scēaþ hæfð syndrig līffrōdlic weorcungs.

=== Cennes ===
Āmang [[cennse]], sēo scēaþ giefð se weg tō beran þæt [[cild]] fram þǣm [[wambe]] tō his [[līfe]] ūt þǣm bodige þǣre [[mōdor]]. Āmang cennse, se ābȳgendlicnes þǣre scēaþ līefð hīe tō ābrǣdan tō manig times hire normal diameter.

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== Frūman ==
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[[Flocc:Wǣpnu]]
Scēaþ heald ecg oþþe stralas.  Scēað is oftost leðren oþðe trēoƿen oþþe īsernen.

Ēac brycþ man þis ƿord for oðrum ðingum gelic ƿīfmannes cƿīþ (mǣgðblād).

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