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Cervical Squamous Cell
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A cervical squamous cell is one of the cells that make up the lining of the ectocervix, the outer part of the cervix. Picture that lining as several stacked layers of cells; that is why it is called stratified squamous epithelium.
New cells arise in the basal layer. As they move into the parabasal and intermediate layers, they mature and gain more cytoplasm, while their nuclei take up proportionally less space.
In brief
A cervical squamous cell is part of the nonkeratinized stratified squamous epithelium that covers most of the ectocervix, the outer surface of the cervix.
Basal cells divide and mature into parabasal and intermediate layers. As they mature, the amount of cytoplasm increases and the nucleus becomes relatively smaller. This change occurs as the cells move away from the basal layer.
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- International Agency for Research on CancerAnatomy of the uterine cervix and the transformation zonePublished
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