**2. The uterus**

The uterus, anatomically, is a pear-shaped organ, placed between urinary bladder and rectum. The etymology of 'cervix' is that it is from Latin, meaning 'neck' and it opens into the vagina. The invasive cancer occurs in the cervix and is called cervical cancer (**Figure 1**).

**Figure 1.** The anatomy of uterus.

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