During an assessment of a female patient's internal genitalia, the nurse feels a bulging along the patient's posterior vaginal wall. The nurse realizes that this finding is considered which of the following?

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A bulging along the posterior vaginal wall is indicative of a rectocele, which is a herniation of the rectum into the posterior vaginal wall. A prolapsed uterus would present as the cervix protruding from the vaginal opening, a cystocele would present as a bulging of the bladder into the anterior vaginal wall, and a blocked gland would not produce a bulging along the vaginal wall.

During an Assessment of a Female Patient's Internal Genitalia, the Nurse