A ? about the female body and hymen?

Question:

As you may well know, women have three openings in our genital areas—a vaginal opening which leads to the vagina, an anus which leads to the rectum (the end of the large intestine, or colon), and a urinary opening which leads to the urethra, a short (about an inch and a half) thin tube leading to your bladder. This is what an article states. So explain to me this, if theres a hole in the hymen it leads where?What if you try to finger for examp;le and you accidently go into the hole in the hymen instead of breaking it? I dont get it honestly. How is there 2 openings in the vagina when theres only 1 hymen?

Answers:
There is only one opening in the vagina. The hymen is a thin membrane; part of the external genitalia. If the hymen is still intact it will be around the vaginal opening, with a hole in the middle. Basically it's makes the vaginal opening a little smaller.

Edit: Just found the perfect site for you to look at so you can fully understand. It has illustrations of various hymens. http://healthystrokes.com/hymengallery.h...

The hymen is just some skin, which you may or may not be able to see, at the entrance of the vagina. It always has an opening because the vagina sheds cells to continually clean itself at the onset of puberty and sheds blood cyclically during periods. The vagina doesn't have 2 openings, the hymen is just a part of the opening that is your vagina. If you put your finger in your vagina, it will go past the hymen and into the vagina. When you hear about "breaking the hymen", it is just a reference to stretching and possibly tearing that bit of skin. You might "break" the hymen yourself with your fingers, but it can also happen many other ways, and it doesn't really matter how it happens. As a matter of fact, if you can stretch it regularly (with fingers, dildo, etc.), it will probably not hurt as much the first time you have vaginal intercourse.

If you pull apart your inner labial lips (while also holding a small mirror), you will see a small, grayish dot which is your urethra. It is technically an opening because it leads into the body, but not in the sense that anything should go into it. If you are having trouble figuring out where it is, try holding a mirror in front of yourself while sitting on the toilet and relax your muscles and pee.

Hope that helps give you a little introduction to your body!

The hymen is a small thin membrane that covers the entrance to your vagina. In a virgin or a young woman who has not had anything in her vagina it is usually unbroken. When something is put into the vagina, the hymen usually breaks, so putting your fingers in your vagina or inserting a tampon may break it. It may also break during excercise, so dont worry about it, you are still a virgin if you have not had sex.

A ? about the female body and hymen?

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