fornices in English
noun
1
a vaulted or arched structure in the body, in particular.
The fornices should be palpated around the cervix for nodules suggestive of endometriosis, and may also be the etiology for fixed adnexa or may result from pelvic inflammatory disease.
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1. The fornices and palpebral Conjunctival epithelium are rich in goblet cells, which produce mucin
2. The Adnexae are palpated via bimanual palpation in the lateral fornices (see the linked item vagina)
3. 1 It may be divided into three portions: the bulbar Conjunctiva, including the corneoConjunctival limbus, which covers the sclera in the anterior part of the eyeball; the superior, inferior and lateral Conjunctival fornices; and the palpebral Conjunctiva, including the mucocutaneous