Image | Statistics | Caption |
 |  | Different types of squamous cells - A: superficial cells (arrows); B: intermediate cells; C: parabasal cells; D: metaplastic cells. (obj. 20x) |
 | | A: Superficial squamous cells, flat basophilic or eosinophilic cytoplasm. B: Atrophic pattern. (obj. 20X) |
 | | Normal ectocervix: intermediate and superficial squamous cells, basophilic or eosinophilic. Some polymorphs are present. (obj. 10x) |
 | | Normal ectocervix: intermediate and superficial squamous cells with basophilic or eosinophilic cytoplasm. (obj. 10x) |
 |  | Normal ectocervix: basophilic intermediate squamous cells and superficial cells with basophilic or eosinophilic cytoplasm. (obj. 10x) |
 | | Normal ectocervix: intermediate and superficial squamous cells predominantly basophilic, with a few eosinophilic. (obj. 10x) |
 | | Normal ectocervix: normal superficial eosinophilic cells. Some debris in the background. (obj. 20x) |
 | | Normal ectocervix: intermediate basophilic squamous cells and basophilic and eosinophilic superficial cells (arrows). Note normal nuclear size variations. (obj. 20x) |
 | | Normal ectocervix: rare basophilic intermediate squamous cells and many superficial basophilic and eosinophilic cells. Note the nuclear sizes are different. Two keratinized cells with brownish cytoplasm (arrows). (obj. 20x) |
 | | Normal ectocervix: basophilic intermediate squamous cells. Some polymorphs. (obj. 20x) |
 | | Normal ectocervix: basophilic squamous cells with histiocytes or macrophages and polymorphs. (obj. 20x) |
 | | Normal ectocervix: superficial squamous cells with basophilic or eosinophilic cytoplasm. One polymorph (arrow). (obj. 20x) |
 | | Normal ectocervix: intermediate basophilic squamous cells and basophilic and eosinophilic superficial cells. Note the presence of mature squamous metaplasia (arrows). (obj. 20x) |
 | | Normal ectocervix: basophilic intermediate squamous cells and superficial basophilic and eosinophilic cells. (obj. 20x) |
 | | Normal ectocervix: basophilic intermediate cells, basophilic and eosinophilic superficial squamous cells. (obj. 40x) |
 | | Normal ectocervix: basophilic intermediate squamous cells. Note some cytoplasms are very pale. (obj. 40x) |
 | | Liquid based preparation: normal smear, intermediate and superficial squamous cells. (obj. 40x) |
 | | Mid-cycle smear (ovulatory phase): eosinophilic superficial squamous cells, clean background. (obj. 10x) |
 | | Mid-cycle (ovulatory) smear: cervical mucus forming fern-like crystalline structures and eosinophilic superficial squamous cells. (obj. 2.5x) |
 | | Luteal phase with basophilic squamous cells with folded cytoplasm. (obj. 10x) |
 | | Luteal phase with abundant Lactobacilli and cytolysis (naked nuclei and cytoplasmic debris in the background) and basophilic squamous cells with cytoplasmic folding. (obj. 10x) |
 | | Basophilic squamous cells from intermediate layers. Polymorphs are present. (obj. 10x) |
 | | Luteal phase with abundant Lactobacilli and cytolysis (naked nuclei and cytoplasmic debris), pseudo navicular cells. (obj. 20x) |
 | | Luteal phase with basophilic squamous cells and folded cytoplasm, forming aggregates. (obj. 10x) |
 | | Luteal phase with marked cytolysis and abundant Doderlein bacilli. Naked nuclei from intermediate cells and cytoplasmic debris. (obj. 40x) |
