myometrium

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myometrium - the smooth muscle forming the wall of the uterus

involuntary muscle, smooth muscle - a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart)

uterus, womb - a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus

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involuntary muscle myometritis smooth muscle uterus womb			5) The myometrium can be separated into the inner myometrium, also known as the junctional zone, and the outer myometrium (Figure 1). Uterine MRI: a review of technique and diagnosis by Sydow, Brian D.; Seigelman, Evan S. / Applied Radiology The presence of myometrium is particularly important to note in a curettage specimen submitted for or after an abortion because this finding may indicate a higher risk for subsequent intrauterine synechiae (Asherman syndrome). The endometrium: pathologic principles and pitfalls by Silverberg, Steven G. / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine A passing loss of appropriate regulation in very young animals leads to reproductive changes--for example, in the number of uterine glands or the thickness of the myometrium, the uterus's muscular outer layer--that give way to more pronounced changes through life. PCBs are endocrine disruptors: mixture affects reproductive ... by McGovern, Victoria / Environmental Health Perspectives			myodynia myoelectric Myoepithelial myofibril myofibrilla myofilament Myogalid myogenic myoglobin myoglobinuria Myogram myograph Myographic myography Myohaematin Myoid Myolemma Myolin Myologic Myologist myology myoma myomancy myomectomy myometritis myometrium Myomorph Myomorpha myonecrosis myoneural myoneural junction Myopathia Myopathic myopathy myope Myophan myophily myopia myopic Myopic astigmatism Myops Myopsis Myopus Myopy myosarcoma myosin myosis Myositic myositis myositis trichinosa myosotis			myoma uteri, myoma of uterus myomalacia myomalacia Myomancy myomas myomas myomas myomata myomata myomata myomatosis myomatous myomatous myomatous myomectomy myomectomy myomelanosis Myomer Accelerator Signal Circuitry myomere myomere myomeres myomeres myometer myometria myometria myometria myometrial myometritis myometritis myometritis myometrium Myomorph Myomorph Myomorpha Myomorpha myomorphs myomorphs Myon Myon myonecrosis myonecrosis myoneme myoneme Myonemes Myonemes Myonemes Myonephropathic-Metabolic Syndrome myoneural myoneural myoneural myoneural blockade myoneural blocking agent myoneural blocking agent myoneural blocking agent myoneural blocking agent myoneural blocking agent myoneural junction myoneural junction myoneural junction myoneural junction myoneuralgia

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