单词 | fundus |
释义 | fundusn. 1. Anatomy. A part of a hollow organ, typically having a rounded shape and located furthest from the organ's outlet (hence resembling the base of a bottle or flask). Cf. earlier fundus uteri n. a. The uppermost and widest part of the uterus, located above the openings of the uterine (Fallopian) tubes; (also) the entire part of the uterus above the cervix; = fundus uteri n. ΚΠ 1638 A. Read Man. Anat. Body of Man (new ed.) i. xxvi. 241 It hath two parts, os uteri, the mouth of the matrix, and fundus the bottome. 1762 W. Smellie Treat. Midwifery (ed. 4) I. 96 The Uterus..is divided into neck and Fundus. 1781 A. Hamilton Treat. Midwifery 101 The fundus..may be felt..like a hard rounded ball, between the belly and back-bone. 1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 608 The upper part or fundus is convex, and covered by peritonæum. 1969 A. Klopper & E. Diczfalusy Foetus & Placenta iii. 62 The great majority of implantations in the case of the human take place in the fundus of the uterus and in the posterior wall. 2008 P. Rubin & J. T. Hansen TNM Staging Atlas xliii. 370/2 The uterine fundus usually contains the malignant process within itself. b. The rounded upper part of the stomach, located to the left of the opening of the oesophagus. ΚΠ 1659 T. Winston Anat. Lect. 78 The next is the Fundus, which is almost seated in the middle Region of the Epigastrion, the bottome of the stomach. 1732 Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 282 After removing this, I found several Portions of a hard schirrous Substance arising from the Fundus of the Stomach. 1887 G. D. Thane Ellis's Demonstr. Anat. (ed. 10) viii. 468 When full, the stomach becomes rounded..; the fundus pushes upwards the diaphragm, pressing on the heart and left lung. 1954 H. W. Florey Lect. Gen. Pathol. vi. 123 The infusion of large quantities of acetylcholine through the blood vessels of the fundus and other parts of the stomach produced large quantities of an alkaline juice. 2014 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 111 131363/1 Ghrelin, a 28-aa peptide hormone secreted by X/A-like endocrine cells in the gastric fundus, stimulates lipid accumulation in adipose tissue. c. The rounded or wider part of various other (often pear-shaped) organs and structures, as the bladder, gall bladder, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [noun] > root or base rootc1225 base?c1425 basis1615 fund1636 fundus1659 root end1675 origin1692 radix1697 the world > life > the body > system > [noun] > organ > specific part of fund1636 fundus1659 pons1798 1659 T. Winston Anat. Lect. 88 Cervix, is the streighter part [of the gall bladder], and is harder than the Fundus. 1680 S. Haworth Ανθροπωλογια ix. 91 I my self saw a Woman opened at St. Thomas's Hospital, who had two Ureters on one Side, having two distinct Originations in the Kidneys, and were also in two distinct places inserted into the Bladder, one in the Neck of it, and the other in the Fundus. 1767 J. Hunter in Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 309 The hepatocystic ducts..enter the gall-bladder at its anterior end or fundus. 1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 236 The uterus was united with the fundus of the bladder, and projected very little above it. 1843 J. J. G. Wilkinson tr. E. Swedenborg Animal Kingdom I. v. 148 The vermicular appendage is seen on one side of the fundus of the cæcum, resembling a miniature intestine. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals x. 604 The œsophageal opening looks backwards to the fundus of the [branchial] sac. 1906 Laryngoscope 16 106 Light capable of being properly focussed and concentrated into a beam small enough to pass through the central aperture of the reflecting mirror to the fundus of the auditory canal. 1972 Lancet 13 May 1062/2 The fundus of the gallbladder perhaps lies a little below the level of the duct orifice. 2015 W. R. Frontera et al. Essent. Physical Med. & Rehabilit. (ed. 3) cxxxvii. 725/2 In contrast to the bladder neck, the fundus of the bladder is populated with β-adrenergic receptors, which contribute to bladder relaxation. d. The part of the back of the inner surface of the eyeball that is visible through the pupil. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sense organ > sight organ > parts of sight organ > [noun] > retina > other parts of retina macula1670 fundus1682 yellow spot1798 macula lutea1818 ora serrata1833 corresponding points1841 identical points1841 blind spot1864 fixation-point1890 cyanolabe1958 1682 J. Flamsteed Let. 8 Dec. in Corr. (1997) II. 68 They are bent towards the perpendicular or axis of the eye D/. falleing on the Christalline: betwixt h and f where againe they represent a distinct image which by it is carried into the fundus of the eye or tunica retina whereon the picture is cast erect. 1744 tr. G. van Swieten Comm. Aphorisms Boerhaave II. 159 After having deposited those integuments at the fundus of the eye [L. in oculi fundo], the proper substance of the nerve is then expanded in the retina. 1820 B. Travers Synopsis Dis. Eye 147 Another yet more common appearance is that of a white or greenish yellow spot, apparently in the fundus of the eye, a little to one side of the visual axis. 1884 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 1 140 We found large, brilliant plaques of choroidal atrophy scattered over both funduses. 1961 Lancet 9 Sept. 573/2 Examination of the fundi showed bilateral retinal arteriolar narrowing. 2008 Eyes Jan. 22/1 The retinal viewing mirrors are accurately angled to eliminate ‘gaps’ in the visualized fundus. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [noun] ground1340 root1340 substancec1384 fundament1395 foundationc1400 groundment?a1412 footing1440 anvila1450 bottom ground1557 groundwork1557 foot1559 platform1568 subsistence1586 subject matter1600 ground-colour1614 basisa1616 substratum1631 basement1637 bottoma1639 fonda1650 fibre1656 fund1671 fundamen1677 substruction1765 starting ground1802 fundus1839 1839 T. De Quincey Lake Reminiscences in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 8/2 The movable part of a population is chiefly the higher part; and it is the lower classes that, in every nation, compose the fundus, in which lies latent the national face as well as the national character. 1840 T. De Quincey Style in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 1/1 Want of principle and want of moral sensibility compose the original fundus of southern manners. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1638 |
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