Region of cervical epithelium where columnar epithelium of endocervic and the stratified non-keratinising squamous epithelium of the ectocervic meet. [ http://www.asccp.org/practicemanagement/cervix/histologyofthenormalcervix/tabid/5842/default.aspx ]
Synonyms: squamocolumnar junction of uterine cervix squamo-columnar junction of uterine cervix
Term information
- SCTID:280451001
- NCIT:C97148
Site of 90% of lower genital tract neoplasia. This junction is presumed, but not proven, to be the embryologic junction of the Müllerian and urogenital sinus epithelia.
Term relations
- epithelium and part of some uterine cervix and continuous with some cervix squamous epithelium and continuous with some cervix glandular epithelium
- epithelium
- cervix epithelium
- continuous with some cervix squamous epithelium
- continuous with some cervix glandular epithelium