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Dictionary » Uterus

Uterus

Introduction: Uterus

Description of Uterus

Uterus: , pl. uteri [TA] The hollow muscular organ in which the ootid is developed into the embryo and fetus; it is about 7.5-cm long in a nonpregnant woman; consists of a main portion (body) with an elongated lower part (cervix), at the extremity of which is the opening (external os). The upper rounded portion of the uterus, opposite the os, is the fundus, at each extremity of which is the horn marking the part where the uterine tube joins the uterus and through which the morula reaches the uterine cavity after leaving the uterine tube. The organ is passively supported in the pelvic cavity by the vagina and paracolpium and by the anteflexion and anteversion of the normal uterus, which places its mass superior to the bladder; it is actively supported by the tonic and phasic contraction of the muscles of the pelvic floor. SYN: metra, womb. [L.]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Uterus: The small, hollow, pear-shaped organ in a woman's pelvis. This is the organ in which a baby grows. Also called the womb.
Source: National Institute of Health

Uterus: a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Uterus: hollow muscular organ in female mammals in which the fertilized ovum normally becomes imbedded and in which the developing embryo and fetus is nourished.
Source: CRISP

Uterus: The hollow thick-walled muscular organ in the female PELVIS. It consists of the fundus (the body) which is the site of EMBRYO IMPLANTATION and FETAL DEVELOPMENT. Beyond the isthmus at the perineal end of fundus, is CERVIX UTERI (the neck) opening into VAGINA. Beyond the isthmi at the upper abdominal end of fundus, are the FALLOPIAN TUBES.
Source: MESH OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

Uterus as an Organ

Uterus (organ): Internal female reproductive organ in which a fetus grows.

Uterus (organ): The uterus is part of a woman's reproductive system . It is the hollow, pear-shaped organ where a baby grows. The uterus is in the pelvis between the bladder and the rectum .

The narrow, lower portion of the uterus is the cervix . The broad, middle part of the uterus is the body, or corpus . The dome-shaped top of the uterus is the fundus . The fallopian tubes extend from either side of the top of the uterus to the ovaries . (Source: excerpt from What You Need To Know About Cancer of the Uterus: NCI)

Uterus (organ): See Uterus (organ information).

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