myometrium in English

noun
1
the smooth muscle tissue of the uterus.
A prominent smooth muscle component, reminiscent of uterine wall myometrium , accounted for most of the cyst wall.

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1. The uterus mostly consists of muscle , known as myometrium. The innermost layer of myometrium is known as the junctional zone, which becomes thickened in adenomyosis .

2. Following delivery of a healthy infant, morbid adherence of the placenta to the myometrium was confirmed, and a supracervical hysterectomy was performed.

3. Atrophy can affect the endometrium and/or myometrium and results in a reduction in the overall size or cross sectional area of the uterus.

4. Boggy uterus or uterine atony is defined as failure of the myometrium to contract and retract around the open blood vessels of the uteroplacental implantation site following childbirth 3)

5. 22 If not, the apparently uninvolved endometrium should still be examined to see if one can find the interface between the nodule and normal mucosa or myometrium.

6. As an example, strips of myometrium obtained from a quiescent uterus At term and placed in an isotonic water bath will contract vigorously and spontaneously without added stimuli

7. The surgical treatment comprised one-stage sigmoidal resection and hysterectomy including both adnexae. Microscopically, a completely transmural fistula could be found in the uterus with glandular structures typical of the colon in the outer myometrium.

8. The relation of neighbouring muscle bundles to a spiral artery is demonstrated by a reconstruction. — The results are discussed with regard to the function of the myometrium with particular consideration of the different stages of accouchement.

9. It was noticed that the spontaneous motility of the myometrium was in close correlation to the perfusion pressure and that the strength of the mechanical contraction was proportional to the perfusion pressure: during the acme of the contraction the perfusion pressure also reached maximal values while it decreased during the relaxation phase.

10. The Arcuate uterus is a form of a uterine anomaly or variation where the uterine cavity displays a concave contour towards the fundus. Normally the uterine cavity is straight or convex towards the fundus on anterior-posterior imaging, but in the Arcuate uterus the myometrium of the fundus dips into the cavity and may form a small septation.