title: The cervix as a biomechanical structure.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: House
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Socrate
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D023802:Cerclage, Cervical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D014463:Ultrasonography; D002581:Uterine Cervical Incompetence / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*