dilation question

Britnee

I went to my 36 week appt this morning and the doctor said I was 2 cm dilated on the outside and 1 on the inside.

I know dialation means nothing in terms of going into labor, just wondering what outside and inside mean? Is this similar to being effaced??

With my first, I never was checked and had to be dilated by a folley bulb.

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