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MeSH Heading: Uterus
Tree Number(s): A05.360.319.679
Unique ID: D014599
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014599
Annotation: /blood supply: consider PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; /‌surg: consider HYSTERECTOMY or HYSTEROTOMY; inflammation = ENDOMETRITIS
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Fundus Uteri; Uteri; Uterine Cornua; Uterine Fundus; Uterus Cornua; Womb
See Also: Hysterectomy; Hysterosalpingography; Hysteroscopy
Consider Also: consider also terms at HYSTER-
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/02/06

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Uterus MeSH Descriptor Data 2025