title: Blood supply of human uterine cervix - a SEM study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The main goal of this study was assessment of vascular structure of human uterine cervix.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was carried out on 25 human uteri of females aged 25-45, collected upon autopsy. Vessels were injected with synthetic resin, next corroded and coated with gold, finally observed using scanning electron microscope.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On a sagittal section we have distinguished several zones in the vascular picture of the uterine cervix consisted of differently arranged veins, arteries, arterioles and capillaries. Due to technical reasons we were unable to receive a picture of vascular composition of cervical uterine canal on transverse section.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Scanning elector microscopy is a method which might be applied to study the structure of human uterine cervix.
authors.affiliation: Chair of Anatomy Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bereza
authors.affiliation: Chair of Anatomy Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skrzat
authors.affiliation: Chair of Anatomy Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brzozowska
authors.affiliation: Chair of Anatomy Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Dawid
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maduzia
authors.affiliation: Chair of Anatomy Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matuszyk
authors.affiliation: Chair of Anatomy Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Przemyslaw
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chmielewski
authors.affiliation: Chair of Anatomy Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Wieslawa
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klimek-Piotrowska
authors.affiliation: Chair of Anatomy Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland. ewa.mizia@gazeta.pl.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomaszewski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D016319:Corrosion Casting / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: SEM; blood supply; human uterine cervix; microcorrosion