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u·ter·ine horn

, horn of uterus [TA]
the portion of the uterus to which the intramural section of the uterine tube enters on either the right or left.
Synonym(s): cornu uteri [TA]
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They have normal fallopian tubes and uterine horns.
Other diagnoses included four nonfunctional nonendometriotic ovarian cysts, one functional ovarian cyst, one bilateral and one unilateral hydrosalpinx, and two obstructed uterine horns.
(Does not only have two uterine horns, but have two cervices as well.) If a doe was pregnant in only one horn, then conceives in the second two weeks later, when she kindles the older litter, the younger litter may die, become mummified, and create a permanent sterile condition, or the doe may become ill and die.
At the base of each of the two uterine horns is the uterine body.
A female with obviously swollen uterine horns was trapped on 31 December 1988.
Uterine folds are parallel to long axix of uterus and can extend into uterine horns. [2]
The working surface of the sensor was smeared with sound-conducting gel, and the sensor was introduced into the rectum, and cervix, body, uterine horns, and ovaries were scanned step by step.
10 mm-long muscle rings were sliced from the uterine horns and mounted vertically in an organ bath containing 10 ml of De Jalon solution composed of Ca[Cl.sub.2] (0.3 mM), NaCl (154 mM), KCl (5.6 mM), Mg[Cl.sub.2] (1.4 mM), NaHCO (1.7 mM) and glucose (5.5 mM).
The animals were sacrified by decapitation (the project was approved by laboratory animal center of Taipei medical university), uterine horns were excised and cut into two halves (1 cm).
The body of the uterus was cut just above its junction with the cervix and at the junction of the uterine horns with the ligating clips.
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