The female vagina and urethra are not in the same location, they are two different organs and belong to two different systems. The female vagina belongs to the reproductive system and the female urethra belongs to the urinary system. Both the urethra and the vagina are located in the female vulva, in the vestibule, where the urethra is above the vaginal opening, which means that the vaginal opening is located in the posterior part of the vestibule behind the urethral opening, and the perimeter of the vaginal opening is covered with a thin mucosal fold, called the hymen. The posterior wall of the external urethral opening is covered with a pair of glands, also known as the paraurethral glands. The urethral and vaginal orifices are very close to each other, so women often have bacteria in the vagina that can easily contaminate the urethral orifice and cause symptoms of urinary tract infection, resulting in frequent, urgent and painful urination, which is triggered by vaginitis in many women.