ectocervix

The part of the cervix uteri that protrudes into the vagina and is lined with stratified squamous epithelium. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the ectocervix is

The part of the cervix uteri that protrudes into the vagina and is lined with stratified squamous epithelium. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the ectocervix is

It sits within the reproductive system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the ectocervix connects to

The atlas records 8 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of reproductive system and uterine cervix.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the ectocervix. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as ectocervix, portio vaginalis, portio vaginalis cervicis, uterine ectocervix, vaginal part of cervix and exocervix. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0012249, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: reproductive system and uterine cervix.
• A kind of: anatomical structure and organ part.
• contains: non-keratinized stratified squamous epithelium, ectocervical epithelium and external cervical os.
• superficial to: uterine cervix.

Questions

Where is the ectocervix?

It sits within the reproductive system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the ectocervix connect to?

Part of: reproductive system and uterine cervix.

Is the ectocervix the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.