overlaps develops from male genital primordium (female) uterus female-specific anatomical entity genital chamber furca 2022-01-18T13:48:13Z genital fork fly_anatomy.ontology vaginal apodeme The dorsal wall of the genital chamber that developmentally arises from the segment 9 (male genital) primordium in the female genital disc (McQueen et al., 2022). It extends from the female accessory gland ducts anteriorly to the vulva posteriorly (McQueen et al., 2022). It is divided into a uterine furca, in which the female accessory gland ducts open and has an inner posterior thickness called the papillate elevation, and a vaginal furca, which extrudes from the vulva during oviposition (McQueen et al., 2022). FBbt:00052060 female sternite 9 multicellular structure