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cervical canal

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Noun1.cervical canal - a spindle-shaped canal extending from the uterus to the vaginacervical canal - a spindle-shaped canal extending from the uterus to the vagina
duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel - a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"


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There are two types of cervical cancer proper, named after the type of cell they initially form in: squamous cell carcinoma, which is the most common type and forms in the cells on the surface of the cervix, and adenocarcinoma, which is less common and forms in the mucus-producing gland cells in the cervical canal.
Sperm have to swim like guided missiles from the vagina, up the cervical canal, across the cavity of the uterus and down the Fallopian tube to fertilise the egg.
CONCLUSION We present a patient who developed an epidural hematoma of the cervical canal during anticoagulant therapy.
 
 
 
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