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endocervix

Friday 18 February 2022

Cervical canal

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The vaginal portion ( also called exocervix ) is covered by stratified squamous epithelium, and the cervical canal ( endocervix ) is covered by columnar epithelium, which also forms endocervical glands, more correctly called clefts.

Images

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuello_de_%C3%BAtero_(histolog%C3%ADa_normal)_(9457901985).jpg
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuello_de_%C3%BAtero_(histolog%C3%ADa_normal)_(9460684466).jpg

Pathology

- endocervical anomalies
- endocervical tumors