UTERINE CAVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uterine cavity mean? 

• UTERINE CAVITY (noun)
  The noun UTERINE CAVITY has 1 sense:

1. the space inside the uterus between the cervical canal and the Fallopian tubes

  Familiarity information: UTERINE CAVITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UTERINE CAVITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The space inside the uterus between the cervical canal and the Fallopian tubes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("uterine cavity" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

Holonyms ("uterine cavity" is a part of...):

uterus; womb (a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus)

 Context examples 

The very narrow portion of the fallopian tube passing through the uterine wall into the uterine cavity.

(Interstitial Segment of the Fallopian Tube, NCI Thesaurus)

A polyp in the uterine cavity that is formed by placenta remnants.

(Placental Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

A solid intended for placement within the uterine cavity where active and/or inert ingredient(s) are released from an apparatus at a controlled rate.

(Intrauterine Device Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of pregnancy which starts with the embryo in the interstitial section of the fallopian tube, which then grows into the uterine cavity.

(Angular Pregnancy, NCI Thesaurus)

A method to find the position of the fetal head in the uterine cavity in its descent during labor.

(Assessment of Fetal Attitude, NCI Thesaurus)

A surgical incision made on the uterus to access the uterine cavity.

(Hysterotomy, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-neoplastic trophoblastic disorder characterized by the presence of remnants of intermediate trophoblasts in the uterine cavity from a previous pregnancy.

(Placental Site Nodule or Plaque, NCI Thesaurus)

A surgical procedure for infertility related to tubal factors where the ovary is relocated to within the uterine cavity.

(Ovarian Implantation, NCI Thesaurus)

The highly vascularized outer layer of the endometrium facing the uterine cavity which develops over the course of the proliferative and secretory phases then degenerates and sloughs off during menstruation.

(Functional Layer of the Endometrium, 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)