A hollow muscular organ within which the fertilized egg implants and the embryo/fetus develops during pregnancy.

A hollow, thick-walled, muscular organ located within the pelvic cavity of a woman. Within the uterus the fertilized egg implants and the fetus develops during pregnancy.

Hollow muscular organ in female mammals in which the fertilized ovum normally becomes imbedded and in which the developing embryo and fetus is nourished.

Organ with organ cavity which is continuous proximally with the right and left uterine tubes and distally is connected to the vagina. Examples: There is only one uterus.

Organ with organ cavity, each instance of which consists of some hollow muscular body that is continuous laterally with some instance of right uterine tube and some instance of left uterine tube and distally is connected to some instance of vagina. Examples: There is only one uterus.

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.

The small, hollow, pear-shaped organ in a woman's pelvis. This is the organ in which a fetus develops.

The anatomy of the uterus consists of the following 3 tissue layers: The inner layer, called the endometrium, is the most active layer and responds to cyclic ovarian hormone changes; the endometrium is highly specialized and is essential to menstrual and reproductive function The middle layer, or myometrium, makes u...

Uterus, an inverted pear-shaped muscular organ of the female reproductive system, located between the bladder and the rectum. It functions to nourish and house a fertilized egg until the fetus, or offspring, is ready to be delivered. The uterus has four major regions: the fundus is the broad curved...