Terminology Service for NFDI4Health

uterine horn

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either one of the pair of tubular extensions from the uterine body where the uterus and the uterine tubes meet; uterine horns are anterior Mullerian duct-derived structures [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]

Term info

Label

uterine horn

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Illu_female_pelvis.jpg

has related synonym

cornu uteri

id

UBERON:0002247

taxon notes

The uterine horns are far more prominent in other animals than they are in humans