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Today we are talking about a couple of things, first of all the #uterus or #womb in Spanish #útero or #matriz an inverted pear-shaped muscular organ of the female reproductive system, located between the bladder and the rectum. The uterus grows during puberty and shrinks after
menopause. But as a rule of thumb we say that your uterus is the size of your fist. In Spanish the synonym “matriz” in English now archaic (for this particular) “Matrix” comes from the Latin for Mater-Mother Matrix -Breeding female and in late Middle English Matrix-Uterus And now
the word “womb” in English comes from the proto-Germanic wambō for stomach or belly. In the uterus we find the #cervix in Spanish “cérvix” o “cuello uterino”= uterine neck.And that’s why you will find the word cervical referring to the vertebrae on your neck. Spanish: cervicales
