Before going on to take a history from Mrs Ashe, lets first consider the practice of cervical screening.
| A. | Correct. Ideally cervical screening will provide a sample of the cervical squamous epithelium and the cervical canal's columnar epithelium. |
| B. | Correct. Ideally cervical screening will provide a sample of the cervical squamous epithelium and the cervical canal's columnar epithelium. |
| C. | Incorrect.The internal cervical os is the uterine end of the cervical canal and so cannot be sampled during cervical screening. |
| D. | Correct. It is very important to sample the transformation zone since it is from here that cervical neoplasia arises. |
Which parts of the cervix and surrounding area does cervical screening aim to sample?