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Fundus vs Fundal - What's the difference?

fundus | fundal |

In anatomy terms the difference between fundus and fundal

is that fundus is the large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially while fundal is of or pertaining to a fundus.

As a noun fundus

is the large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially.

As an adjective fundal is

of or pertaining to a fundus.

fundus

English

Noun

(fundi)
  • (anatomy) the large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially
  • # the top, hollow portion of the uterus and
  • # the back, interior part of the eye, accommodating the retina and associated blood vessels, etc.
  • # the uppermost hollow of the stomach, which in humans forms a bulge above where the oesophagus enters the stomach.
  • # the deepest part of a sulcus, such as the sulci in the human cerebral cortex.
  • Derived terms

    * fundectomy * fundic * fundusectomy English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    fundal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (anatomy) Of or pertaining to a fundus