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Uterus vs Fundus - What's the difference?

uterus | fundus |

In anatomy terms the difference between uterus and fundus

is that uterus is an organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are conceived and develop until birth; the womb while fundus is the large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially.

uterus

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anatomy) An organ of the female reproductive system in which the young are conceived and develop until birth; the womb.

    • Synonyms

    * matrix (now archaic) * metra * womb

    Derived terms

    * uterine * corpus uteri

    Related terms

    * hystera * hysteria * hysterectomy * in utero

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    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    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 ----