Before pubey, what is the ratio between the cervical length and uterine body: September 2012: (A) 1:02, (B) 2:01, (C) 1:03, (D) 1:04
Answer is B. Ans. B i.e. 2:1 The relationship in the length of the cervix and that of the body of the uterus varies with age. Before pubey, the cervix to corpus ratio is 2:1. At pubey this ratio is reversed to 2:1 and during the reproductive years, cervix to corpus ratio may be 1:3 or even 1:4