Uterine cancer
Uterine cancer Uterine cancer is cancer of the uterus. The most common form of uterine cancer is endometrial cancer, cancer of the endometrium, the inner lining of the uterus. Cancers of the muscular ... of the uterus or myometrium, known as uterine sarcoma are less common, and are ...
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Menstrual cycle
... twins) at the time of ovulation. The lining of the uterus, the endometrium, builds up ... in a synchronised fashion. After ovulation, this lining changes to prepare for potential implantation of ... do not ensue, the uterus sheds the lining and a new menstrual cycle begins. The process of the shedding of the lining is called menstruation. Menstruation manifests itself to ... 3]; many women also notice shed endometrium lining that appears as tissue mixed with ...
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Oral contraceptive
... undergo tests for sexually transmitted diseases and uterine cancer. In the United States and Europe ... Pill to women who complain of dysfunctional uterine bleeding. Female oral contraceptives consist of a ... The Pill also thins the endometrium (the lining of the uterus). There are physicians who ... in vitro fertilisation which demonstrated that thinner uterine linings correlated with increased difficulty in getting ... fertilized egg will implant itself in the uterine lining. The reason for this is ...
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Pregnancy   (translated from French)
... must then cross the higher vagina, it uterine collar, the uterus and the Fallopian tube ... the zygote of the bulb to the uterine cavity, because the zygote is equipped with ... in the uterus. This is called one uterine extra pregnancy (GEU). It generally occurs in ... to be produced progesterone, which maintains the lining of the uterus to nourish the embryo. The glands in the uterine coating grow in response to the ...
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List of distinct cell types in the adult human body
... distal urethra and vagina Urinary epithelium cell (lining urinary bladder and urinary ducts) Exocrine secretory ... respiratory and digestive tracts (mucus secretion) Stomach lining mucous cell (mucus secretion) Gastric gland zymogenic ... Glands and Urogenital Tract ) Type I pneumocyte (lining air space of lung) Pancreatic duct cell ... seminal vesicle, prostate gland, etc.) Epithelial cells lining closed internal body cavities Blood vessel and ... lymphatic vascular endothelial splenic cell Synovial cell (lining joint cavities, hyaluronic acid secretion) Serosal ...
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Decidua
Decidua Decidua Diagrammatic sections of the uterine mucous membrane: A. The non-pregnant uterus ... 289 Decidua is the term for the uterine lining (endometrium) during a pregnancy. It is formed ... Background After ovulation, in mammals, the endometrial lining becomes transformed into a secretory lining in preparation to accept the embryo. ...
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Endometrium
Endometrium The endometrium is the inner uterine membrane in mammals which is developed in ... receives oxygen and is nourished. The endometrial lining undergoes cyclic regeneration. Most mammals are subject ... pattern of the endometrium to a secretory lining. In time the secretory lining provides a hospitable environment to one or ... the progesterone level drops and the endometrial lining is either reabsorbed (estrous cycle) or ...
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Menorrhagia
... of periods or disorders of the endometrial lining of the womb. Depending upon the cause ... coagulation With the shedding of the endometrial lining's blood vessels, normal coagulation process must ... of cases. Excessive build up in endometrial lining Periods soon after the onset of menstruation ... based treatments may regulate effectively. Naturally the lining of the womb builds up under the ... blood loss. Endometrial carcinoma (cancer of the uterine lining) usually causes irregular bleeding, rather ...
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Talk:Abortion/Archive 10
... sperm motility, and possibly by making the uterine lining less hospitible to implantation. Emergency contraception has ... said "possibly" (in possibly by making the uterine lining less hostpitable to implantation). Again, where is ... egg, then the changes made to the uterine lining cause the embryo to be ...
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Pyometra
... hormonal and structural changes in the uterus lining. This can happen at any age, whether ... heat, begins to close, and the inner lining begins to adapt back to normal. However ... bitches. Cystic hyperplasia of the endometrium (inner lining of the uterus) occurs as an inappropriate ... causes mucus secretion, closes the cervix (preventing uterine drainage), and decreases uterine contractility. Bitches that have received estradiol ...
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