The upper two-thirds of the uterus above the level of the internal cervical os is called the corpus. The Fallopian tubes enter at the upper lateral corners of a pear-shaped body. The portion of the muscular organ that is above a line joining the tubouterine orifices is often referred to as the fundus.
Nodal stationsThe major lymphatic trunks are the utero-ovarian (infundibulo-pelvic), parametrial and presacral, which drain into the hypogastric, external iliac, common iliac, presacral and para-aortic nodes.
Metastatic sitesThe vagina and lungs are the common metastatic sites. °Either G1, G2 or G3. See section on Rules for classification.
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