The uterine isthmus is the inferior-posterior part of uterus, on its cervical end — here, the uterine muscle (myometrium) is narrower and thinner. It connects the body and cervix.[1]
The uterine isthmus can become more compressibile in pregnancy, which is a finding known as Hegar's sign.
^N. Jayne Klossner and Nancy T. Hatfield (2006). Introductory Maternity & Pediatric Nursing. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 56. ISBN 9780781736909.
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for his description of the uterine contraction ring, a constriction located at the junction of the corpus uteri and the isthmus of uterus. This structure...
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