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The uterus of the fetus is relatively small, particularly when compared to the ovaries, which have about the same length as the fallopian tube. The relative size of the corpus and the cervix is the reverse of the adult uterus, the corpus being about a fifth to a third of the length of the cervix during gestation. This cervicocorpus disproportion is maintained into childhood.

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  1. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA

    Eduardo D. Ruchelli MD (Associate Pathologist and Director of Autopsy Service) & Dale S. Huff MD (Senior Pathologist)

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA

    Eduardo D. Ruchelli MD (Associate Professor)

  3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA

    Dale S. Huff MD (Associate Professor)

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  1. Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Northwestern University, 710 N. Fairbanks Court, Chicago, 60611, Illinois, USA

    Linda M. Ernst

  2. Dept. Pathology, Children's Hospital Philadelphia, 324 South 34th St, Philadelphia, 19104, Pennsylvania, USA

    Eduardo D. Ruchelli

  3. Dept. Pathology, Children's Hospital Philadelphia, 324 South 34th St, Philadelphia, 19104, Pennsylvania, USA

    Dale S. Huff

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Ruchelli, E.D., Ruchelli, E.D., Huff, D.S., Huff, D.S. (2011). Uterus. In: Ernst, L., Ruchelli, E., Huff, D. (eds) Color Atlas of Fetal and Neonatal Histology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0019-6_16

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