Normal Cervix (Low Power)
Normal Cervix (Low Power)

The arrow points to the junction between squamous and glandular epithelium.
The endocervical epithlium is composed of a basal layer of nuclei underlying a row of columnar cells with basal nuclei.
The squamous epithelium is stratified and has grown up under an existing endocervical epithelium replacing it by metaplasia.
(Description By:Melinda Sanders, M.D. )
(Image Contrib. by:Melinda Sanders, M.D. UCHC )