FUNDUS (fundi)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: fundi   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does fundus mean? 

• FUNDUS (noun)
  The noun FUNDUS has 1 sense:

1. (anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening

  Familiarity information: FUNDUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUNDUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Context example:

the fundus of the stomach

Hypernyms ("fundus" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

 Context examples 

A carcinoma that arises from the fundus of the stomach.

(Gastric Fundus Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The vast majority of cases arise from the corpus-fundus region.

(Gastric Neuroendocrine Tumor G1, NCI Thesaurus)

The portion of the optic nerve seen in the fundus with the ophthalmoscope.

(Optic Disc, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The middle portion of the gallbladder which is distal to the gallbladder neck and proximal to the gallbladder fundus.

(Gallbladder Body, NCI Thesaurus)

The bladder, gallbladder, stomach, uterus, eye, and cavity of the middle ear all have a fundus.

(Fundus, NCI Dictionary)

The tubular glands in the mucosa of the gastric fundus that can secrete mucous, hydrochloric acid, pepsinogen, or any of the digestive hormones.

(Fundic Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

It involves the wrapping of the fundus of the stomach around the lower esophagus to strengthen the lower esophageal sphincter.

(Fundoplication, NCI Thesaurus)

An exam that uses a magnifying lens and a light to check the fundus of the eye (back of the inside of the eye, including the retina and optic nerve).

(Fundoscopy, NCI Dictionary)

The main section of the digestive tube that connects the esophagus to the small intestine.The body proper excludes the upper and lower sections of the fundus and pyloric portion respectively.

(Body of Stomach, NCI Thesaurus)

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 ovum reaches the uterine cavity after leaving the ovary.

(Murine Corpus Uteri, NCI Thesaurus)