[Spunky]

....but how would a cervix still be there, without the rest of the uterus?

I had a hystorectomy many years ago and my current physician asked me if I had a full hystorectomy or a partial. I told her I thought I had a partial.

She then did the exam and told me I had a full hystorectomy because my cervix was also gone. I said I thought a full hystorectomy meant when they took the ovaries also. She said No! its when the cervix and uterus are removed.

I then asked her the same question as you did, and she said it just is still attached to the pelvic canal.

[Devil_Anse]

Thanks for the info! I can't picture what all those organs really look like when they're in place--and it's just as well that I can't!

This reminds me of the time when I was a child, when I used to see the uvula in the back of the mouth, and I thought it was "a tonsil". So I asked my father, did I have one of my tonsils taken out? He said no, and he drew a little diagram of where the tonsils really are, and then he said what I saw was a uvula. That was when I learned there WAS such a thing as a uvula. I'm glad I asked!