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Illustration and gross characteristics of the cervical mucus plug (CMP) in the cervical canal. (A) In this schematic representation, the CMP fills the endocervical canal, and its uterine pole is in contact with the decidua, while the vaginal pole faces the cervicovaginal compartment. *: cervical mucus plug, FH: fetal head, CX: uterine cervix, V: vagina. (B) CMP obtained at term showing its highly viscous nature.
