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Three example sentences with cervix, each labelled with its topic.
During labor the midwife checks how far the cervix has opened, since the baby cannot pass until it widens fully.
Medicine
Biologists studying mammals noted that the cervix stays tightly closed through pregnancy, then softens in the days before birth.
Science
Leonardo's anatomical sketches of the womb show the cervix at its base, drawn from dissection rather than from the older textbooks.
Art
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