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fundus

  (fŭn'dəs) pronunciation
n. Anatomy., pl. -di (-dī').

The portion of a hollow organ opposite or farthest from its opening.

[Latin, bottom.]

fundic fun'dic adj.
 
 

Part of an organ farthest from its opening; the base of an organ.

 

Pl. fundi [L.] the bottom or base of an organ, or the part of a hollow organ farthest from its mouth.

Fundus of the cat. By permission from Sack W, Wensing CJG, Dyce KM, Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy, Saunders, 2002

  • f. of bladder — the depths or cranial part of the urinary bladder.
  • f. camera — used to photograph the fundus of the eye.
  • f. of eye — the back portion of the interior of the eyeball, visible through the pupil by use of the ophthalmoscope.
  • f. of gallbladder — the dilated portion of the gallbladder.
  • nasal f. — the caudal extremity of the nasal cavity, occupied by the ethmoid bone.
  • nontapetal f. — the nonreflective portion.
  • ocular f. — see fundus of eye (above).
  • f. reticuli sulci — floor of the reticular groove.
  • f. of stomach — the part of the stomach to the left and above the level of the opening between the stomach and esophagus.
  • tigroid f. — one lacking pigment so that underlying choroid vessels are visible as irregular stripes.
  • f. tympani — the floor of the tympanic cavity.
  • unpigmented nontapetal f. — lack of pigment permits larger blood vessels of the choroid to appear on fundoscopic examination. Seen in Siamese cats, dogs with merle coat color and Appaloosa horses.
  • f. uteri — the part of the uterus between the cervix and the horns of the uterus.
 
Wikipedia: Fundus (disambiguation)

Fundus (Latin for "bottom") is a generic anatomical term referring to the portion of an organ opposite from its opening. Examples include:

Fundus (seabed) The seabed in a tidal river below low water mark. This can be owned by the foreshore owner (area between high and low water mark) and may require permission and rent if used for laying a mooring or putting down crab or lobster pots.


 
 

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