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The hollow thick-walled muscular organ in the female PELVIS. It consists of the fundus 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.
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- Uteri
- Womb
- Wombs
- Fundus Uteri
- Uterine Cornua
- Uterine Fundus
- Uterus Cornua
- Cornua, Uterine
- Fundus Uterus
- Fundus, Uterine
- Uteri, Fundus
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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/blood supply: consider PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; /surg: consider HYSTERECTOMY or HYSTEROTOMY; inflammation = ENDOMETRITIS
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- National Library of Medicine. Uterus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014599. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014599
- Uterus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uterus
- Uterus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9612