Either your web browser doesn't support Javascript or it is currently turned off. In the latter case, please turn on Javascript support in your web browser and reload this page. Read article at publisher's site DOI : Int J Legal Med , 5 , 04 Feb Cited by: 3 articles PMID: J Craniofac Surg , 26 1 , 01 Jan

There are also multiple non-genital peripheral anatomic structures involved in female sexual responses such as salivary and sweat glands, cutaneous blood vessels and nipples. The vagina consists of a tube of autonomically-innervated smooth muscle longitudinal outer, inner circular layer lined by stratified squamous epithelium and a sub-dermal layer rich in capillaries. The vaginal wall consists of an inner glandular mucous type stratified squamous cell epithelium supported by a thick lamina propia. This epithelium undergoes hormone-related cyclical changes including slight keratinization of the superficial cells during the menstrual cycle. Deep to the epithelium lies the smooth muscles of the muscularis.

The importance of the petrous portion for metric sex determination is a controversial subject in the archaeological and anthropological literature. To achieve a forensically suitable method for sex differentiation, 10 measuring distances were determined on recent forensic material in the form of petrous portions, which had proved to be reliable in the preliminary examinations. To some extent, these findings contrast with those already published, but the discrepancies can be attributed primarily to the different composition of the samples used in the respective studies.