FUNDUS

fundus

(noun) (anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening; “the uterine fundus”; “the fundus of the stomach”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fundus (plural 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.

Source: Wiktionary


Fun"dus, n. Etym: [L., bottom.] (Anat.)

Definition: The bottom or base of any hollow organ; as, the fundus of the bladder; the fundus of the eye.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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